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AWS vs Heroku: How the PaaS-to-Cloud Migration Shows Up in HN Hiring

AWS vs Heroku hiring demand on Hacker News 'Who is hiring?' posts. The PaaS-to-cloud migration charted by share of postings since 2011, with the real job listings.

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Job postings

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Each calendar month since 2011 as one bar. Switch to share % to stack the bands to 100% and see each side’s slice of the Who is hiring? postings, narrow the window, or click any month to read the postings behind the bar.

How the lead changes hands

AWS versus Heroku is the story of teams growing out of a managed platform and onto raw cloud. Heroku has an early presence as the easy way to ship; AWS then dominates as products scale and need more control. The relative bands show Heroku's slice shrinking against AWS. Read the sample postings to see the company stages each platform attracts.

The real postings behind each

AWS14,052 postings · peak Aug 2021
  1. Disney Streaming | Lead Senior Software Engineer | Onsite in NY, Seattle, SF or Remote | Full-time Help us build the applications and services used by millions. We’re looking for folks to build amazing user experiences and performant, scalable APIs for Disney+, Hulu, Star+ and…

  2. Enveritas (YC S18, non-profit) | Backend Software Engineer | Remote (Global) | https: enveritas.org jobs Enveritas is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit working on sustainability issues facing smallholder coffee farmers. We collect field data in 25+ countries and build systems for analyzing…

  3. YourTechResume — Founding Engineer Remote (Global) | Full-time | $150k-$350k About: AI-powered platform for resume optimization and job application automation. Role: Build technical foundation as the first engineering hire. Own end-to-end features (Python FastAPI JS), architect…

Heroku1,233 postings · peak Aug 2021
  1. SilverStream | Bay Area Remote | Founding engineer | Full Time Heroku for AI agents Drop me an email (in the profile)

  2. Farmgirl Flowers | https: farmgirlflowers.com | Remote (US or EU timezones) | Senior Software Engineer I’m the Director of Engineering at Farmgirl Flowers, an online flower shop with a loyal customer base. We're looking for a product-minded engineer who can own projects…

  3. ReciPal ( https: www.recipal.com ) | Founding Rails Full Stack Software Engineer | REMOTE | Full-Time We are hiring a full-time engineer who can hopefully be a technical stakeholder and business partner. ReciPal is a profitable, growing, bootstrapped, and (have always been a)…

The PaaS-to-cloud migration, as companies move off Heroku onto AWS.

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