Titlesby GlyphProduct Engineer job title trend since Apr 2011
Engineering · Established · in 8.3% of HN hiring posts · 109 open roles at 60 companies · median $220k
A full-stack engineer who owns product decisions too, not just tickets.
first seen May 2011, Hacker Newstook off Aug 2023
Why it exists
Written from the sources below
Small startup teams wanted engineers who own a feature end to end, from talking to users to shipping, instead of taking tickets. PostHog, among others, wrote the role up as the product engineer.
- DefinedWhat is a product engineer?PostHog · backs: engineers who own product decisions and shipping
Where it is posted
Sectors
- AI application12
- Software10
- AI infrastructure5
- Data platform5
- Developer tools5
- AI lab2
- Robotics and autonomy1
- AI data1
Cities
- San Francisco29
- London, United Kingdom14
- New York13
- Palo Alto6
- Berlin, Germany5
- Dublin, Ireland4
- Sydney, Australia3
- Seattle2
- Paris, France1
- Boston1
Countries and remote
- United States55
- United Kingdom17
- Germany7
- Ireland4
- Australia3
- Poland2
- France1
- Taiwan1
- Canada1
- Spain1
Remote option48%
Posted pay
Middle half $188k to $260k, median $220k from 51 postings that state a base range (USD a year).
Pay by level and city on SalariesWho is hiring for it
Open postings on their own job boards, read 5h ago| # | Company | Open roles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | ||
| 2 | 6 | ||
| 3 | FluidstackA company hiring most for Security Engineer and Controls Engineer. | 6 | |
| 4 | Pear VCA company hiring most for Founding Engineer and Full Stack Engineer. | 5 | |
| 5 | Anduril IndustriesA company hiring most for Systems Engineer and Test Engineer. | 4 | |
| 6 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 4 | ||
| 8 | FiretigerA company hiring most for Product Engineer. | 3 | |
| 9 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 2 | ||
| 11 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 2 |
Open roles
8 of 109; company pages list the restSenior Product Engineer, Data
Ashville, Ohio, United States; Baltimore, Maryland, United States; Boston, Massachusetts, United States; Costa Mesa, California, United States; Washington, Dist
| Role | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Product Engineer, Foundations TeamCoastNew York, NY$160k to $215k | Coast | New York, NY | $160k to $215k |
| Senior Product Engineer, Discourse GraphsAstera InstituteRemote$120k to $215k | Astera Institute | Remote | $120k to $215k |
| Product Engineer, Membership and Front-EndProPublicaRemote, United States$120k to $145k | ProPublica | Remote, United States | $120k to $145k |
| Product Platform - Product Engineer | San Francisco | $165k to $330k | |
| Product Engineer | McLean, Virginia | $75k to $175k | |
| Senior Product Engineer, DataAnduril IndustriesAshville, Ohio, United States; Baltimore, Maryland, United States; Boston, Massachusetts, United States; Costa Mesa, California, United States; Washington, Dist$183k to $243k | Anduril Industries | Ashville, Ohio, United States; Baltimore, Maryland, United States; Boston, Massachusetts, United States; Costa Mesa, California, United States; Washington, Dist | $183k to $243k |
| Product Engineer, Business OperationsFluidstackSan Francisco, CA$224k to $300k | Fluidstack | San Francisco, CA | $224k to $300k |
| Technical Product Engineering LeadTwo Six TechnologiesArlington, Virginia$189k to $245k | Two Six Technologies | Arlington, Virginia | $189k to $245k |
Lineage
full-stack plus product ownership · from how the titles are used
Share of Hacker News hiring posts
1,454 posts since Apr 2011 · +12% in 6 monthsNovember 2026 18 of 207 postings, 8.7%
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About this title
A full-stack engineer who owns product decisions too, not just tickets.
Also counted: product-minded engineer
First sighting
...here: http://monetate.com/about/jobs/ - primarily product engineers, front-end developers. We work primarily in Python and Javascript but...
Median posted salary $220k from 51 postings that state a base pay range (the median of their midpoints, USD a year). Not a survey of what people earn.