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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
1,233
This month (Jan 2026)
1
Peak month
Aug 2021 (31)
Mention remote
52%
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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 January 2026

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

    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…

Some popular Heroku job postings

The Heroku job postings that drew the most discussion.

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

    Render ( https: render.com ) | San Francisco, CA | Software Engineers | Full-time | Visa | Onsite When deploying applications in production, developers are forced to pick between two extremes: expensive yet simplistic platforms like Heroku, or complicated, do-it-all-yourself…

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

    Upright Labs | REMOTE | Fullstack Engineer (Rails React) | Full-Time | https: uprightlabs.com Upright Labs builds inventory management systems for secondhand retailers like Salvation Army and Goodwill. Each day, our clients use our software to sell thousands of unique products…

  3. bradavogel · hiring in Feb 2017 · 3 replies · read the thread · view on HN

    Mixmax | Full-Stack Engineer or intern | On-site San Francisco or Remote (for engineers with experience) | https: mixmax.com careers We're a growing, fast-moving team looking for all types of engineers: full-stack, backend, site reliability, data, integration. Mixmax's mission…

  4. 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)

  5. pbiggar · hiring in Feb 2013 · 2 replies · read the thread · view on HN

    SF or REMOTE fulltime (near pacific time) CircleCI: designers, frontend, backend engineers. At CircleCI ( https://circleci.com ), we're building Heroku for Continuous Integration. We have traction and revenue. Our customers love us, because we move quickly and provide amazing…

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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Heroku head-to-head

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