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

How demand for MySQL 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
3,835
This month (Oct 2026 so far)
3
Peak month
Oct 2016 (56)
Mention remote
38%
3,835
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Job postings

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Monthly MySQL 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.

MySQL job postings for October 2026 (so far)

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

    …(non-negotiable for eng) — stack is PALM-B: PHP, Angular, Laravel, MySQL, Beanstalk. Very AI-first: ~90–95% of production code is AI-generated via Cursor and similar; a great seat for agentic engineers who can direct models, review hard, and own what ships. Apply: https:…

  2. mooreds · hiring in Oct 2026 · read the thread · view on HN

    …you will work with: modern Java, PostgreSQL, Docker, Kubernetes, MySQL, OAuth, SAML, OIDC. Learn more, including benefits and salaries, and apply here: https: fusionauth.io ca

  3. syzaree · hiring in Oct 2026 · read the thread · view on HN

    …AI in production. Stack: WordPress (Gutenberg, ACF, WP-CLI), PHP, MySQL, Next.js, Linux Docker, GitHub Actions, n8n. We want someone who has shipped production code with Claude Code, Codex or similar and has real opinions about where agents help and where they don't. US: W2 or…

Some popular MySQL job postings

The MySQL job postings that drew the most discussion in 2026.

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

    …databases data warehouses (BigQuery, Redshift, Snowflake, Postgres, MySQL, etc). Here's a dashboard about us: https: stats.metabase.com public dashboard 92d6b7ea-7526-48... People rather like the product ( https: metabase.com love ). We're a remote team full of people who care…

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

    …solutions 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!

  3. Tina-Fet · hiring in Jan 2026 · 1 reply · read the thread · view on HN

    …in on-call rotation and help automate daily DevOps tasks. Stack: MySQL PostgreSQL, ScyllaDB, Redis, ElasticSearch, Terraform, Google Cloud, DataDog and more. Applications: Rails, Vue.js Typescript, Rust Perks: Paid time off (2 weeks vacation, 5 statutory holidays, 2 weeks at…

  4. kobieps · hiring in Jan 2026 · 1 reply · read the thread · view on HN

    …backend database in sync with on-device SQLite. We support Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB and SQL Server as source databases and have a plethora of client SDKS, many of which are integrated with popular libraries and frameworks on the client-side like TanStack DB, Drizzle, GRDB, Room,…

  5. jjhawk · hiring in Feb 2026 · 1 reply · read the thread · view on HN

    …stack: Ruby on Rails (Kubernetes, GKE), React Typescript, Capacitor, MySQL, Spanner

What the MySQL hiring trend shows

This page charts how often MySQL appears in the monthly Hacker News 'Who is hiring?' thread, one bar per calendar month across the whole history. Switch between share mode - MySQL'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 MySQL: the companies, the seniority, and the rest of the stack they ask for.

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