license: other
license_name: tensorust-sample-license
license_link: https://tensorust.com/datasets/hn-hiring-stack-demand/
pretty_name: Engineering Hiring Demand by Stack (free sample)
language:
- en
tags:
- tensorust
- sample
- agent-ai-economy
- government-data
- finance
size_categories:
- n<1K
configs:
- config_name: sample
data_files:
- split: train
path: sample.csv
- config_name: summary
data_files:
- split: train
path: summary_by_month.csv
Engineering Hiring Demand by Stack: free sample (Tensorust LLC)
13,997 Hacker News job posts since 2023, tagged for 44 stacks and AI roles: agent mentions went from 1% to 27% of posts.
Headline: Hiring demand for AI agent work moved faster than any stack survey reports: in the Hacker News 'Who is hiring?' threads, posts mentioning agents went from 1.2% in January 2023 (4 of 337 posts) to 29.1% in October 2026 and 27.4% of the open November 2026 thread.
This repository is a free teaser, not the dataset. It holds 25 example rows and a summary table with no names in it. The full file has 13,997 rows and is sold by Tensorust LLC: https://tensorust.com/datasets/hn-hiring-stack-demand/.
Files here
| file | what it is |
|---|---|
sample.csv |
25 rows of the full file (the same sample shown on tensorust.com) |
summary_by_month.csv |
row counts by month across the full file, no entity names (groups with fewer than 3 rows are folded into "Other") |
Summary by month (largest groups)
| Month | rows |
|---|---|
| 2023-02 | 404 |
| 2025-02 | 379 |
| 2023-03 | 378 |
| 2026-02 | 367 |
| 2024-05 | 357 |
| 2025-11 | 353 |
| 2024-07 | 349 |
| 2023-11 | 337 |
| 2023-01 | 337 |
| 2025-12 | 335 |
| 2025-03 | 335 |
| 2025-06 | 332 |
| TOTAL | 13,997 |
Full table: summary_by_month.csv.
What the full file has
- 13,997 rows
- Key fields: month, thread_id, post_id, company, headline, remote, onsite_only, visa, salary_listed, post_url
- Parquet and CSV, a README with sources, method and limits, and the build script
- Free 25-row sample (no personal contact data)
Coverage: 13,997 job posts from 47 monthly threads; 44 stack and role flags. Threads from 2023-01 to 2026-11 (November 2026 thread still open; pulled Nov 6, 2026)
Columns in the full file
| column | meaning |
|---|---|
month |
Thread month |
thread_id |
HN thread id |
post_id |
HN comment id |
company |
Company (first segment of the post header) |
headline |
Role, location and terms from the header |
remote |
Header mentions remote |
onsite_only |
Header says onsite or in office and not remote |
visa |
Post mentions visas |
salary_listed |
Post shows a salary figure |
post_url |
Link to the post |
python |
Post mentions python |
typescript |
Post mentions typescript |
javascript |
Post mentions javascript |
rust |
Post mentions rust |
go |
Post mentions go |
java |
Post mentions java |
kotlin |
Post mentions kotlin |
swift |
Post mentions swift |
c_plus_plus |
Post mentions c plus plus |
c_sharp |
Post mentions c sharp |
ruby |
Post mentions ruby |
elixir |
Post mentions elixir |
scala |
Post mentions scala |
php |
Post mentions php |
react |
Post mentions react |
nextjs |
Post mentions nextjs |
vue |
Post mentions vue |
django |
Post mentions django |
fastapi |
Post mentions fastapi |
postgres |
Post mentions postgres |
kubernetes |
Post mentions kubernetes |
aws |
Post mentions aws |
gcp |
Post mentions gcp |
terraform |
Post mentions terraform |
llm |
Post mentions llm |
genai |
Post mentions genai |
ai_agents |
Post mentions ai agents |
rag |
Post mentions rag |
ml_engineer |
Post mentions ml engineer |
ai_engineer |
Post mentions ai engineer |
pytorch |
Post mentions pytorch |
cuda |
Post mentions cuda |
openai |
Post mentions openai |
anthropic_claude |
Post mentions anthropic claude |
data_engineer |
Post mentions data engineer |
devops_sre |
Post mentions devops sre |
security |
Post mentions security |
frontend |
Post mentions frontend |
backend |
Post mentions backend |
fullstack |
Post mentions fullstack |
mobile |
Post mentions mobile |
founding_engineer |
Post mentions founding engineer |
staff_principal |
Post mentions staff principal |
intern |
Post mentions intern |
Get the full file
| tier | price | includes |
|---|---|---|
| Trend report file | $450 | All posts and the monthly trend table to date. |
| Monthly update | $150 a month | Each new thread tagged within days, with the updated trend and a list of new companies hiring for AI roles. |
| Team license | $2,500 a year | Monthly updates, custom flags for your own stack or product, and redistribution inside your company. |
Email mattbusel@tensorust.com with the tier and a billing contact, and we will send a proper invoice (ACH or card). The file is delivered once the invoice is paid. Details and the live sample: https://tensorust.com/datasets/hn-hiring-stack-demand/. All datasets: https://tensorust.com/datasets/
Method and limits
Pull every whoishiring thread since January 2023 and its top-level comments. A comment counts as a job post when its first line uses the 'Company | Role | Location' pipe format. Company is the first segment. Each flag is a case-insensitive pattern match on the post text (patterns in build.py). The trend table is the share of posts per month with each flag. Post text, poster usernames, emails and links inside posts are not stored; each row links back to the post on HN.
Not a census of the job market: HN posts lean toward startups and US tech hubs. Pattern matches can miss or over-count (for example 'go' and 'agents'). Not a list of job seekers or of people; no poster identity or contact data is included.
Sources
- Hacker News 'Ask HN: Who is hiring?' threads by the whoishiring account, via the HN Algolia API (https://hn.algolia.com/api)
License
The sample and summary here are free to view, analyze and cite with attribution to "Tensorust LLC, https://tensorust.com/datasets/hn-hiring-stack-demand/". The full dataset is licensed separately per tier. No resale or redistribution of Tensorust data without a written license.
Tensorust LLC, Tuckahoe NY. mattbusel@tensorust.com | https://tensorust.com