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Heroku jobs on Hacker News - Who is hiring, and how demand trends

How demand for Heroku trended in Hacker News 'Who is hiring?' posts since 2011: a live monthly mention chart in share and raw counts, plus the real job postings behind every bar.

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Postings mentioning it
1,235
This month (Oct 2026)
1
Peak month
Apr 2021 (19)
Mention remote
52%
1,235
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Job postings

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Monthly Heroku job postings in the Hacker News Who is hiring? thread, one bar per calendar month since 2011. Narrow the window, add another skill to compare, and click any month to read the postings behind the bar.

Heroku job postings for October 2026

  1. dobrevd10 · hiring in Oct 2026 · read the thread · view on HN

    …production. Our stack is primarily Node.js JavaScript, PostgreSQL, Heroku, AWS S3, and Chrome Extensions. We're looking for someone with strong Node.js and PostgreSQL experience who is comfortable working independently on a production SaaS product. Experience with Heroku and…

Some popular Heroku job postings

The Heroku job postings that drew the most discussion.

  1. kspe · hiring in Jan 2026 · 2 replies · read the thread · view on HN

    …matters more than polishing forever. Stack: Rails 8, MySQL, Heroku, AWS, a little React -> moving toward Hotwire. Email me at ignacy [at] farmgirlflowers.com to know more!

  2. nzoschke · hiring in Aug 2026 · read the thread · view on HN

    …veterans in building tools people love including early builders of Heroku and Monzo. We value collaboration, working efficiently, and having fun. Stack: HTML, JS, Go, SQLite, Postgres; Templ, HTMX, DBOS; Deployed to GCP and exe.dev Skills: Coding agents, GitHub, API CLI UI design…

  3. anurag · hiring in Aug 2018 · 4 replies · read the thread · view on HN

    …pick between two extremes: expensive yet simplistic platforms like Heroku, or complicated, do-it-all-yourself services like AWS. By contrast, Render makes it easy to get up and running quickly but also allows applications to scale and increase in complexity over time, preventing…

  4. jacksongeller · hiring in Feb 2021 · 3 replies · read the thread · view on HN

    …Postgres, and React (typescript). We run everything on AWS and Heroku, and build our internal tools with Retool. We document with Notion, chat with Slack Zoom. Feel free to shoot me a message (first name @ company) or learn more about our job below: https: angel.co company…

  5. esac · hiring in Jun 2024 · 3 replies · read the thread · view on HN

    SilverStream | Bay Area Remote | Founding engineer | Full Time Heroku for AI agents Drop me an email (in the profile)

What the Heroku hiring trend shows

This page charts how often Heroku appears in the monthly Hacker News 'Who is hiring?' thread, one bar per calendar month across the whole history. Switch between share mode - Heroku's slice of the market each month - and raw counts for absolute hiring volume, narrow the window to the last year, 5 or 10 years, and click any month to read the actual postings that mention Heroku: the companies, the seniority, and the rest of the stack they ask for.

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