Engineering Manager job title trend since Apr 2011
Leadership · Fading · in 3.8% of HN hiring posts · 396 open roles at 76 companies · median $272k · first seen Nov 2011
Who is hiring for it
Open postings on their own job boards, read 22h ago12 of 76 companies (top 12 shown)
| # | Company | Open roles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Databricks | 27 | |
| 2 |  Stripe | 21 | |
| 3 |  Anthropic | 20 | |
| 4 |  Roblox | 18 | |
| 5 |  Brex | 16 | |
| 6 |  OpenAI | 14 | |
| 7 |  GitLab | 13 | |
| 8 |  Grafana Labs | 12 | |
| 9 |  DoorDash | 11 | |
| 10 |  Cloudflare | 10 | |
| 11 |  CoreWeave | 10 | |
| 12 |  Crusoe | 9 |
Open roles
8 of 396; company pages list the rest| Role | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| [DH] Engineering Manager, AI ObservabilityAnthropicSan Francisco, CA$405k to $850k | Anthropic | San Francisco, CA | $405k to $850k |
Solutions Engineering Manager AttioSan Francisco$225k to $275k | Attio | San Francisco | $225k to $275k |
| Engineering Manager, ParcelDoorDashSunnyvale, CA; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; New York, NY$194k to $285k | DoorDash | Sunnyvale, CA; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; New York, NY | $194k to $285k |
Engineering Manager, Product HarveyNew York$260k to $330k | Harvey | New York | $260k to $330k |
Senior Engineering Manager, Agent Platform & Growth RenderSF or Remote (US/Canada)$236k to $289k | Render | SF or Remote (US/Canada) | $236k to $289k |
Engineering Manager, Infrastructure SentrySan Francisco, California$220k to $450k | Sentry | San Francisco, California | $220k to $450k |
Engineering Manager, Dashboard VercelHybrid - San Francisco$226k to $325k | Vercel | Hybrid - San Francisco | $226k to $325k |
Senior Manager, Engineering (Container Product Engineering) ChainguardUnited States - Remote$229k to $258k | Chainguard | United States - Remote | $229k to $258k |
Share of Hacker News hiring posts
3,592 posts since Apr 2011 · +18% in 6 monthsSeptember 2026 6 of 256 postings, 2.3%
Related titles
About this title
Manages a team of engineers: hiring, delivery and careers.
Also counted: EM, eng manager
First sighting
Cambridge, MA. HiveFire, Inc Software Engineer, Engineering Manager, UI/UX Frontend ( http://www.getcurata.com/careers ) Small...
Median posted salary $272k from 227 postings that state a base pay range (the median of their midpoints, USD a year). Not a survey of what people earn.
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