Roles guide
What the roles mean
Every job Floish reads is sorted into these seventeen roles. Your profile ticks the ones you want, and only jobs in those appear in Fresh. These are the exact definitions the sorting uses, so you can pick with confidence.
Leading a team? Lead, architect and manager roles sit with the role their team does, so tick that one.
The seventeen roles
Live jobs today, across every company
Backend
Server-side services and APIs: business logic, databases, integrations, distributed systems
Backend Engineer · API Developer · Distributed Systems Engineer
43,012 live jobs
Frontend
Web UI engineering: React/Vue/Angular, design systems, browser performance and accessibility
Frontend Engineer · React Developer · UI Engineer
16,130 live jobs
Fullstack
Owns both the web UI and the services behind it end to end
Full Stack Developer · Software Engineer, Web · Product Engineer
13,473 live jobs
Mobile
iOS, Android and cross-platform apps: Swift, Kotlin, React Native, Flutter
iOS Engineer · Android Developer · React Native Developer
2,882 live jobs
AI / LLM Engineering
Builds on top of LLMs: LLM apps, RAG, agents, prompt and eval tooling; includes FDE and Applied AI
LLM Engineer · Applied AI Engineer · Forward Deployed Engineer
20,833 live jobs
AI / ML
Trains or ships models: applied ML, ML platform / MLOps, ML research
Machine Learning Engineer · ML Platform Engineer · Research Scientist
6,357 live jobs
Data
Data engineering, analytics engineering, data science, BI and analyst roles
Data Engineer · Analytics Engineer · Data Scientist
29,161 live jobs
DevOps / Cloud / SRE
DevOps, cloud infrastructure, SRE, platform and developer-experience engineering
DevOps Engineer · Site Reliability Engineer · Platform Engineer
21,850 live jobs
Network
Network engineering: routing and switching, network design and operations, NOC, SD-WAN, network automation, firewalls and VPN, telecom and 5G
Network Engineer · NOC Engineer · Network Automation Engineer
5,190 live jobs
Security
Application, cloud and infrastructure security, AppSec, detection and response, pentesting
Security Engineer · AppSec Engineer · Penetration Tester
13,807 live jobs
QA / Testing
Test automation, SDET, QA engineering, release quality
QA Engineer · SDET · Test Automation Engineer
9,146 live jobs
Embedded / IoT
Firmware, RTOS, drivers, robotics, automotive, IoT devices
Firmware Engineer · Embedded Software Engineer · Robotics Engineer
12,813 live jobs
Systems / Low-Level
OS and kernel, compilers, database and storage internals, GPU / HPC / performance
Kernel Engineer · Compiler Engineer · Storage Engineer
8,141 live jobs
Customer-Facing Eng
Solutions engineering, support engineering, developer relations
Solutions Engineer · Support Engineer · Developer Advocate
11,479 live jobs
Blockchain / Web3
Smart contracts, protocols, wallets and on-chain infrastructure
Smart Contract Engineer · Protocol Engineer · Blockchain Developer
155 live jobs
Game Development
Game engines, gameplay, graphics and tools programming
Gameplay Programmer · Engine Programmer · Graphics Programmer
503 live jobs
Vendor Platforms
Builds on a vendor's platform: Salesforce, ServiceNow, SAP, Workday, Dynamics and Power Platform, NetSuite, commerce and CMS platforms, low-code and RPA
Salesforce Developer · SAP ABAP Developer · ServiceNow Developer
8,969 live jobs
Floish lists tech jobs only. A job that fits none of these roles does not appear in Fresh.