Product Engineer job title trend since Apr 2011

Engineering · Established · in 7.7% of HN hiring posts · 44 open roles at 17 companies · median $242k · first seen May 2011

First sighting

Who is hiring for it

Open postings on their own job boards, read 22h ago

12 of 17 companies (top 12 shown)

#	Company	Open roles
1	Intercom	10
2	Attio	9
3	Linear	4
4	Render	3
5	Arize AI	2
6	Mercor	2
7	OpenAI	2
8	Together AI	2
9	Waymo	2
10	1X	1
11	Anthropic	1
12	ClickHouse	1

Open roles

8 of 44; company pages list the rest

Role	Company	Location	Posted pay
Vehicle Product EngineerWaymoMountain View, CA, USA$210k to $259k	Waymo	Mountain View, CA, USA	$210k to $259k
Product Engineer, CyberOpenAISan Francisco$255k to $445k	OpenAI	San Francisco	$255k to $445k
Product Engineer, Talent ExperienceMercorSan Francisco$160k to $500k	Mercor	San Francisco	$160k to $500k
Product Engineer - Manufacturing OperationsAnthropicRemote-Friendly, United States$320k to $405k	Anthropic	Remote-Friendly, United States	$320k to $405k
Product Engineer, New ProductsReplitFoster City, CA$180k to $250k	Replit	Foster City, CA	$180k to $250k
Senior to Staff AI Product Engineer1XSan Carlos, CA$190k to $280k	1X	San Carlos, CA	$190k to $280k
Senior Product Engineer, FullstackTogether AISan Francisco$160k to $230k	Together AI	San Francisco	$160k to $230k
Postgres Product EngineerRenderRemote: United States$204k to $280k	Render	Remote: United States	$204k to $280k

Share of Hacker News hiring posts

1,412 posts since Apr 2011 · +13% in 6 months

September 2026 17 of 256 postings, 6.6%

3-month averageEach monthFirst sighting

Title	Share of HN posts, 12 mo	6 mo change	Open roles
Full Stack EngineerEstablished ·17% of posts · 146 open · since Apr 2011	17%	-16%	146
Design EngineerEstablished ·1.3% of posts · 39 open · since May 2011	1.3%	-44%	39
Founding EngineerEstablished ·6.3% of posts · 1 open · since Jul 2011	6.3%	-2%	1
AI EngineerEmerging ·6.7% of posts · 115 open · since Jun 2011	6.7%	+9%	115
Platform EngineerEstablished ·5.8% of posts · 95 open · since Apr 2011	5.8%	+16%	95
Machine Learning EngineerEstablished ·4.7% of posts · 259 open · since Apr 2011	4.7%	-23%	259

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...

Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2011) . Took off in November 2022, when its 12-month share first reached a quarter of its best.

Median posted salary $242k from 13 postings that state a base pay range (the median of their midpoints, USD a year). Not a survey of what people earn.

Sources: Hacker News Who is hiring threads and about 130 public job boards, read weekly. A title's share is not the job market's size. Logos via logo.dev; trademarks belong to their owners.

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