Insights

Trends and market signals from HN job data

Trends

Technology Trends
React
PostgreSQL
AWS
Kubernetes
Docker
Node.js
OpenAI API
SQL
Language Trends
TypeScript
Python
Rust
JavaScript
Ruby
Go
C++
C#
Role Trends
Software Engineer
Senior Software Engineer
Full Stack Engineer
Other
Backend Engineer
ML Engineer
Engineering Manager
AI Engineer

Tech Stack Archetypes

React / PostgreSQL / AWS
33.9% of jobs (41 jobs)
ReactPostgreSQLAWSNode.js
Top roles: Software Engineer, Full Stack Engineer, Senior Software Engineer
🌐 51% remote💰 37% salary🤖 59% AI/ML
Docker / Kubernetes / Linux
23.1% of jobs (28 jobs)
DockerKubernetesLinuxGitTerraformiOSPyTorchAndroid
Top roles: Software Engineer, Backend Engineer, Senior Software Engineer
🌐 43% remote💰 32% salary🤖 54% AI/ML
OpenAI API / Anthropic API / CUDA
10.7% of jobs (13 jobs)
OpenAI APIAnthropic APICUDAGemini APIGitHub ActionsHugging FaceMCPROS
Top roles: Software Engineer, Full Stack Engineer, Senior Software Engineer
🌐 23% remote💰 23% salary🤖 85% AI/ML
React Native / GraphQL / WebAssembly
5% of jobs (6 jobs)
React NativeGraphQLWebAssembly
Top roles: Senior Software Engineer, Software Engineer
🌐 67% remote💰 17% salary🤖 50% AI/ML
Nix / S3 / eBPF
4.1% of jobs (5 jobs)
NixS3eBPF
Top roles: Software Engineer, Senior Software Engineer
🌐 60% remote💰 20% salary🤖 40% AI/ML
SQL / Airflow
3.3% of jobs (4 jobs)
SQLAirflow
Top roles: Data Engineer, Software Engineer
🌐 50% remote💰 75% salary🤖 25% AI/ML
Azure / Flutter / MySQL
3.3% of jobs (4 jobs)
AzureFlutterMySQLPub/SubRabbitMQSQLiteSQSSnowflake
Top roles: Senior Software Engineer, Software Engineer
🌐 50% remote💰 25% salary🤖 25% AI/ML
Next.js / Redis
2.5% of jobs (3 jobs)
Next.jsRedis
Top roles: Full Stack Engineer
🌐 67% remote💰 0% salary🤖 67% AI/ML
Kafka / LangChain / Python
2.5% of jobs (3 jobs)
KafkaLangChainPythonTensorFlowRustSpark
Top roles: Senior Software Engineer, Software Engineer
🌐 33% remote💰 33% salary🤖 33% AI/ML
ClickHouse / Elasticsearch
1.7% of jobs (2 jobs)
ClickHouseElasticsearch
Top roles: Software Engineer
🌐 50% remote💰 0% salary🤖 50% AI/ML
MongoDB / Express
1.7% of jobs (2 jobs)
MongoDBExpress
Top roles: Software Engineer
🌐 50% remote💰 50% salary🤖 0% AI/ML

Momentum

Rising
Technologies with positive growth trajectory
WebRTC
+134.6%/mo
Nix
+116.6%/mo
Gemini API
+115.7%/mo
Git
+109.7%/mo
WebSockets
+107.8%/mo
Flask
+105.3%/mo
eBPF
+78.2%/mo
S3
+69.1%/mo
Declining
Technologies losing share over time
C++
-19.5%/mo
Elixir
-12.4%/mo
TypeScript
-12.1%/mo
Python
-10.7%/mo
Rust
-9.5%/mo
Swift
-9.2%/mo
JavaScript
-7.3%/mo
Ruby
-6.5%/mo
Stable
TerraformAndroidLangChainGraphQLMySQLCKubernetesROCamlVuePostgreSQLAWSKotlinPHPGCPC#ReactNext.jsRedis

Top Technology Pairs

React+TypeScript
509 jobs43.6%
Python+TypeScript
410 jobs31.5%
PostgreSQL+React
408 jobs34.3%
Python+React
362 jobs25.3%
PostgreSQL+TypeScript
360 jobs31.1%
AWS+Python
320 jobs25.7%
AWS+React
312 jobs25.7%
AWS+PostgreSQL
308 jobs29.0%
PostgreSQL+Python
306 jobs23.0%
AWS+TypeScript
281 jobs24.1%
Node.js+React
259 jobs27.0%
AWS+Kubernetes
215 jobs26.1%
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