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What these jobs actually are

A definition for 37 remote roles, from the official occupational record — and, next to it, what large employers and startups actually put in their listings. The second half is measured from real postings, with the count shown every time, rather than written up as a description.

Accountant Accountants and Auditors 204 open now Backend Engineer Software Developers 607 open now Bookkeeper Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 68 open now Business Analyst ICT business analyst 231 open now Content Marketer web content manager 145 open now Customer Success Manager client relations manager 677 open now Customer Support Customer Service Representatives 584 open now Data Engineer Database Architects 455 open now Data Scientist Data Scientists 145 open now Database Administrator Database Administrators 17 open now DevOps Engineer Network and Computer Systems Administrators 149 open now Engineering Manager Architectural and Engineering Managers 307 open now Executive Assistant Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 72 open now Financial Analyst Financial and Investment Analysts 158 open now Frontend Engineer Web Developers 118 open now Full-Stack Engineer Software Developers 406 open now Graphic Designer Graphic Designers 122 open now HR Generalist Human Resources Specialists 146 open now Legal Counsel Lawyers 190 open now Machine Learning Engineer Data Scientists 283 open now Marketing Manager Marketing Managers 804 open now Mobile Engineer Software Developers 102 open now Network Engineer Computer Network Architects 45 open now Operations Manager General and Operations Managers 489 open now Product Designer Web and Digital Interface Designers 192 open now Project Manager Information Technology Project Managers 564 open now QA Engineer Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 141 open now Recruiter Human Resources Specialists 268 open now Sales Engineer Sales Engineers 499 open now Sales Representative Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products 2,251 open now Security Engineer Information Security Engineers 389 open now Site Reliability Engineer Network and Computer Systems Administrators 105 open now Software Architect Software Developers 273 open now Systems Administrator Network and Computer Systems Administrators 158 open now Technical Writer Technical Writers 39 open now Translator Interpreters and Translators 57 open now Video Editor Film and Video Editors 42 open now

Where this comes from

Official definitions and responsibilities come from O*NET, the US Department of Labor's occupational database, and ESCO, the European Commission's. Both are public record.

The employer half is counted from listings on this board: each one is split into its requirement and responsibility bullets, and a phrase is reported only once at least a quarter of the listings for that role and tier carry it. Percentages always appear with their denominator, because "4 of 12" is a measurement and "33%" on its own is not.

Some roles are missing an official definition entirely — product manager, UX researcher, SEO specialist, community manager, developer relations. Those job titles are newer than the occupational classifications, and inventing an entry would be worse than the gap.