Titlesby GlyphSolutions Engineer job title trend since Apr 2011
Engineering · Established · in 1.6% of HN hiring posts · 918 open roles at 136 companies · median $200k
The technical half of a sale: demos, proofs of concept and integration help.
first seen Jul 2011, Hacker Newstook off Apr 2012
Why it exists
Written by rule from our own data
First seen in our data in July 2011, in a Hacker News Who is hiring post. It took off in April 2012, when its share of Who is hiring posts first reached a quarter of its best year. Today 918 open roles use the title at 136 companies, most of them in data platforms. Closest tracked titles: Forward Deployed Engineer, Developer Advocate, Applied AI Engineer.
- PostingAsk HN: Who is hiring? (July 2011)Hacker News, Jul 2011 · backs: first sighting
- PostingCustomer Engineer AI/ Start Up'sCloudflare, Nov 2026 · backs: an open posting with the title
Where it is posted
Sectors
- Data platform344
- Developer tools81
- AI application77
- Infrastructure70
- Security46
- Fintech39
- AI infrastructure34
- Software28
Cities
- San Francisco74
- New York71
- London, United Kingdom50
- Singapore33
- Chicago31
- Washington28
- Tokyo, Japan26
- Toronto, Canada25
- Bengaluru, India21
- Paris, France16
Countries and remote
- United States369
- United Kingdom66
- Canada38
- Japan36
- India33
- Singapore33
- Australia33
- Germany28
- France20
- Netherlands18
Remote option37%
Posted pay
Middle half $171k to $228k, median $200k from 348 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 | 184 | ||
| 2 | 65 | ||
| 3 | 46 | ||
| 4 | 36 | ||
| 5 | 34 | ||
| 6 | 33 | ||
| 7 | 32 | ||
| 8 | 27 | ||
| 9 | VerkadaA company hiring most for Solutions Engineer and Engineering Manager. | 25 | |
| 10 | 19 | ||
| 11 | 19 | ||
| 12 | 18 |
Open roles
8 of 918; company pages list the restSolutions Architect - Digital Native Business (Geo)
Connecticut; Remote - Massachusetts; Remote - New York; Remote - Pennsylvania
| Role | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Customer Engineer AI/ Start Up's | Hybrid | $150k to $220k | |
| Advisory Solutions Architect (Pre-Sales) | San Francisco | $118k to $231k | |
| Enterprise Sales Engineer - Public Sector - West | Remote - US | $198k to $233k | |
| Enterprise Solutions Engineer, Clinical & EHR SystemsVitalizeRemote$160k to $200k | Vitalize | Remote | $160k to $200k |
| Solutions Architect - Digital Native Business (Geo) | Connecticut; Remote - Massachusetts; Remote - New York; Remote - Pennsylvania | $180k to $248k | |
| Resident Solution Architect | USA - Philadelphia (dbt) | $168k to $190k | |
| Senior Solution Architect | Atlanta, GA - Hybrid; Denver, CO - Hybrid | $150k to $185k | |
| Solutions Engineer | San Francisco | $207k to $240k |
Lineage
customer-facing like a solutions engineer, but ships code in the customer's environment · source
technical work moved from sales support into revenue operations · from how the titles are used
Share of Hacker News hiring posts
1,488 posts since Apr 2011 · -28% in 6 monthsNovember 2026 4 of 207 postings, 1.9%
Related titles
Forward Deployed EngineerAn engineer who ships software inside a customer's environment, part builder and part consultant; Palantir coined it, AI labs made it common.3.7% of HN posts, 12 mo · 437 open · $216k median · since Sep 2011Developer AdvocateRepresents developers to a company and the company to developers: docs, demos, talks.1.5% of HN posts, 12 mo · 62 open · $194k median · since Apr 2011Applied AI EngineerTurns frontier models into working products for specific customers or use cases.1.1% of HN posts, 12 mo · 78 open · $265k median · since Sep 2017Full Stack EngineerWorks across the browser, the API and the database; the default startup hire.16% of HN posts, 12 mo · 294 open · $196k median · since Apr 2011Product EngineerA full-stack engineer who owns product decisions too, not just tickets.7.8% of HN posts, 12 mo · 109 open · $220k median · since May 2011AI EngineerA software engineer who builds products on top of models rather than training them.6.4% of HN posts, 12 mo · 244 open · $240k median · since Jun 2011
About this title
The technical half of a sale: demos, proofs of concept and integration help.
Also counted: sales engineer, solutions architect, customer engineer
First sighting
...specialists * director of operations engineering * solutions architect (support/marketing/sales) Check out http://mixpanel.com/jobs to apply
Median posted salary $200k from 348 postings that state a base pay range (the median of their midpoints, USD a year). Not a survey of what people earn.