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Updates to Afterglow role research as they go live for subscribers. Each Roles entry shows the role name, when it was last researched, and what changed.

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Roles

Published role and role-family refreshes from the past six months.

  • Solutions Architect

    Solutions Architect research refreshed

    Several employers hiring Solutions Architect roles over the past 90 days mention senior individual contributor scope.

  • Technical Program Manager

    Technical Program Manager research refreshed

    Several employers hiring Technical Program Manager roles over the past 90 days mention cross-functional program delivery.

  • Developer Advocate

    Developer Advocate research refreshed

    A small number of postings over the past 90 days emphasize AI or developer-tooling context. This is not yet broad enough to call a full market pattern.

  • Data Engineer

    Data Engineer research refreshed

    Across employers in reviewed postings over the past 90 days, production reliability and workflow automation shows up repeatedly in current Data Engineer openings.

  • Cloud Engineer

    Cloud Engineer research refreshed

    Several employers hiring Cloud Engineer roles over the past 90 days mention continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) workflow ownership.

  • Technical Product Manager

    Technical Product Manager research refreshed

    Several employers hiring Technical Product Manager roles over the past 90 days mention product discovery and roadmap work.

  • Product Designer

    Product Designer research refreshed

    A small number of postings over the past 90 days emphasize research writing. This is not yet broad enough to call a full market pattern.

  • Solutions Engineer

    Solutions Engineer research refreshed

    Several employers hiring Solutions Engineer roles over the past 90 days mention senior individual contributor scope.

  • Product Marketing Manager

    Product Marketing Manager research refreshed

    Several employers hiring Product Marketing Manager roles over the past 90 days mention go-to-market enablement.

  • Customer Success Manager

    Customer Success Manager research refreshed

    Across employers in reviewed postings over the past 90 days, retention and expansion outcomes shows up repeatedly in current Customer Success Manager openings.

  • Content Designer

    Content Designer research refreshed

    Content designers own UX product language; microcopy, flows, error states, onboarding, and voice/tone systems; embedded in product interfaces rather than standalone documentation.

  • Site Reliability Engineer

    Site Reliability Engineer research refreshed

    Several employers hiring Site Reliability Engineer roles over the past 90 days mention continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) workflow ownership.

  • Technical Writer

    Technical Writer research refreshed

    Several employers hiring technical writing roles over the past 90 days mention developer-facing API or platform documentation.

  • Product Manager

    Product Manager research refreshed

    Several employers hiring Product Manager roles over the past 90 days mention product discovery and roadmap work.

  • Software Engineer

    Software Engineer research refreshed

    Several employers hiring Software Engineer roles over the past 90 days mention senior individual contributor scope.

  • Platform Engineer

    Platform Engineer research refreshed

    Several employers hiring Platform Engineer roles over the past 90 days mention senior individual contributor scope.

  • Full Stack Engineer

    Full Stack Engineer research refreshed

    Professionals in full stack engineer roles combine domain expertise with the delivery patterns typical of their family in current hiring.

  • Frontend Engineer

    Frontend Engineer research refreshed

    Frontend engineers build accessible, performant web and product interfaces, partnering with design and backend teams on end-to-end user experiences.

  • DevOps Engineer

    DevOps Engineer research refreshed

    Several employers hiring DevOps Engineer roles over the past 90 days mention continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) workflow ownership.

  • MLOps Engineer

    MLOps Engineer research refreshed

    Several employers hiring MLOps Engineer roles over the past 90 days mention production machine learning systems.

  • LLM Application Engineer

    LLM Application Engineer research refreshed

    Several employers hiring large language model (LLM) Application Engineer roles over the past 90 days mention AI or developer-tooling context.

  • Machine Learning Engineer

    Machine Learning Engineer research refreshed

    Several employers hiring Machine Learning Engineer roles over the past 90 days mention production machine learning systems.

  • Cloud Engineer

    Cloud Engineer research refreshed

    Several employers hiring Cloud Engineer roles over the past 90 days mention continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) workflow ownership.

  • Content Designer

    Content Designer research refreshed

    Content designers own UX product language; microcopy, flows, error states, onboarding, and voice/tone systems; embedded in product interfaces rather than standalone documentation.

  • Product Manager

    Product Manager research refreshed

    Several employers hiring Product Manager roles over the past 90 days mention product discovery and roadmap work.

  • Customer Success Manager

    Customer Success Manager research refreshed

    Across employers in reviewed postings over the past 90 days, retention and expansion outcomes shows up repeatedly in current Customer Success Manager openings.

  • Product Marketing Manager

    Product Marketing Manager research refreshed

    Several employers hiring Product Marketing Manager roles over the past 90 days mention go-to-market enablement.

  • DevOps Engineer

    DevOps Engineer research refreshed

    Several employers hiring DevOps Engineer roles over the past 90 days mention continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) workflow ownership.

  • Site Reliability Engineer

    Site Reliability Engineer research refreshed

    Several employers hiring Site Reliability Engineer roles over the past 90 days mention continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) workflow ownership.

  • Frontend Engineer

    Frontend Engineer research refreshed

    Frontend engineers build accessible, performant web and product interfaces, partnering with design and backend teams on end-to-end user experiences.

  • Software Engineer

    Software Engineer research refreshed

    Several employers hiring Software Engineer roles over the past 90 days mention senior individual contributor scope.

  • Full Stack Engineer

    Full Stack Engineer research refreshed

    Professionals in full stack engineer roles combine domain expertise with the delivery patterns typical of their family in current hiring.

  • Solutions Engineer

    Solutions Engineer research refreshed

    Several employers hiring Solutions Engineer roles over the past 90 days mention senior individual contributor scope.

  • Machine Learning Engineer

    Machine Learning Engineer research refreshed

    Several employers hiring Machine Learning Engineer roles over the past 90 days mention production machine learning systems.

  • Technical Product Manager

    Technical Product Manager research refreshed

    Several employers hiring Technical Product Manager roles over the past 90 days mention product discovery and roadmap work.

  • Product Designer

    Product Designer research refreshed

    A small number of postings over the past 90 days emphasize research writing. This is not yet broad enough to call a full market pattern.

  • Technical Writer

    Technical Writer research refreshed

    Several employers hiring technical writing roles over the past 90 days mention developer-facing API or platform documentation.

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