How the meta has changed

New engineering role for inference, model serving, kernels/CUDA/Triton, GPU/TPU performance, HPC and distributed-training infrastructure. Created because ~145 active jobs across ~50 companies were split between infrastructure_platform_engineer (~60) and ml_engineer (~35) with the rest scattered; the population is coherent and is the fastest-growing engineering specialism at AI infra companies. Populated by title-pattern move from infra/platform, ml_engineer, backend, applied_ai_engineer, database_systems, fullstack, software_engineer, research_engineer and member_of_technical_staff.

New sales_gtm role for Palantir-style customer-embedded strategists. 70+ active "Deployment Strategist" titles were sitting inside solutions_architect (670 jobs), where they were 19% of the role and structurally different work (outcome ownership, not architecture). Split out by title pattern.

New sales_gtm role for customer-facing applied-AI builders at model vendors. "Applied AI" titles (132 active) were scattered across 8 roles (solutions_architect 44, applied_ai_engineer 25, field_engineering_management 13, solutions_engineer 12, ml_engineer 8, client_partner 6...). Customer-facing population consolidated here; product-side stays in applied_ai_engineer, which was re-scoped to product-only.

New operations role for data-centre / compute-capacity programme management (site selection, capacity delivery, DC launches, power projects). ~45 active jobs at 11 companies (Anthropic, OpenAI, Nebius, Nscale, CoreWeave, Crusoe, Cerebras...) were 18% of program_project_manager and a distinct population tied to the compute build-out.

New physical_systems role. hardware_electrical_engineer (348 active, 157 distinct titles) was two populations: electrical/power (~100) and mechanical/thermal/structural/fluid (~105). Split by title pattern; hardware_electrical_engineer re-scoped to electrical.

New finance role for billing operations, accounts receivable, credit and collections (order-to-cash back office). Flagged as a taxonomy gap by the June sweep (Credit & Collections Manager, no_role_fit). ~14 active jobs were split across revenue_accountant, accounts_payable_specialist, other_finance, other_operations and business_operations_manager.

New sales_gtm role for engineers building GTM systems and growth tooling. "GTM Engineer" / "GTM Systems" / "Growth Engineer" titles (~40 active) were spread across revenue_operations, ai_agent_engineer, fullstack/frontend/software_engineer, business_applications_administrator, other_engineering and technical_program_manager. revenue_operations re-scoped to non-engineering.

New legal_compliance role for litigation, disputes, investigations and e-discovery. Flagged as a taxonomy gap by the June sweep (Litigation Counsel at Waymo, no_role_fit). Small population today (2 active, 9 all-time) but structurally distinct from commercial/general counsel; created so the classifier has a home for it.

Deprecated: 2 active jobs in 6 months, 6 ever; the predicted role never materialised as distinct work. Hidden; description marked DEPRECATED so the classifier stops using it. Remaining jobs reclassified individually.

Deprecated: 3 active jobs, all better served by content_and_social_media_manager / customer_enablement_specialist / technical_writer. Hidden; description marked DEPRECATED. Remaining jobs reclassified individually.

Hidden catch-all bucket added so the physical_systems function can register jobs that fit no specific role instead of forcing them into the nearest real role. Every visible function now has an other_<function> bucket; catch-all volume is a taxonomy-gap signal, and catch-all jobs never appear on public role pages.

Hidden catch-all bucket added so the product function can register jobs that fit no specific role instead of forcing them into the nearest real role. Every visible function now has an other_<function> bucket; catch-all volume is a taxonomy-gap signal, and catch-all jobs never appear on public role pages.

Hidden catch-all bucket added so the data_analytics function can register jobs that fit no specific role instead of forcing them into the nearest real role. Every visible function now has an other_<function> bucket; catch-all volume is a taxonomy-gap signal, and catch-all jobs never appear on public role pages.

Hidden catch-all bucket added so the research_science function can register jobs that fit no specific role instead of forcing them into the nearest real role. Every visible function now has an other_<function> bucket; catch-all volume is a taxonomy-gap signal, and catch-all jobs never appear on public role pages.

New canonical role in sales_gtm function for federal/defense capture and proposal lifecycle work. Initial population: 17 jobs reclassified from account_executive / other_sales_gtm / sales_development_representative / program_project_manager across CHAOS Industries (10), Shield AI (2), True Anomaly (2), Helsing (1), Vannevar Labs (1), OpenAI (1). Distinguishes federal capture (RFP/RFI/IDIQ pursuit) from commercial quota-carrying AE work.

New canonical role in marketing function for customer marketing work — references, case studies, advocacy programs, customer advisory boards, customer events, ongoing engagement with the existing customer base. Created because partner_marketing_manager was absorbing 13+ customer-marketing jobs (vs ~8 actual partner marketing jobs); the populations are genuinely different work.

New canonical role in design_creative function for design management/leadership work — Manager/Director-level Product Design roles, Brand Design Directors, Art Directors, Creative Directors, Heads of Design, VP of Design. Created because creative_producer was absorbing ~10 design-leadership jobs out of 20 — the populations are genuinely different work (production vs design management).

New canonical role in physical_systems function for manufacturing technicians and skilled trades supporting AI hardware production — welders, painters, electricians, press brake operators, plant maintenance, manufacturing equipment technicians, electro-mechanical technicians (Crusoe, Figure AI BotQ, Helsing Production, Tractable, Graphcore). Split out of robot_operator_technician (now retired). 16 jobs reclassified into this slug.

New canonical role in physical_systems function for humanoid robot operations and robotics service work — operators (Figure AI, Skild AI, Physical Intelligence), robot service/prototype technicians, mechatronics technicians, robot field deployment ops. Split out of robot_operator_technician (now retired). 20 jobs reclassified into this slug.

New canonical role in physical_systems function for vehicle operations at autonomous vehicle companies — CDL operators, fleet specialists/technicians, vehicle diagnostic technicians, vehicle recovery (Waymo, Waabi). Split out of robot_operator_technician (now retired). 4 jobs reclassified into this slug.

New canonical role in operations function. Covers energy procurement, PPAs, energy commercial development, power transaction management, load interconnection, and energy market development at AI infrastructure companies (Crusoe, CoreWeave, Nebius, hyperscalers). Validated externally — CoreWeave hires "Energy Procurement Manager" explicitly; Anthropic just built a dedicated energy team; hyperscaler energy procurement is a major and growing function as AI compute scales. Initial population: ~13 jobs at Crusoe and CoreWeave currently splintered across business_operations_manager, data_center_operations_manager, partner_channel_manager, financial_planning_strategy, other_sales_gtm, and other_operations.

Created new canonical role in people_hr function for Employee Experience PM / Employer Brand / Employee Listening / People Culture. Added disambiguation vs hrbp (strategic partnership), people_operations (HRIS/lifecycle), learning_development (training), compensation_benefits, brand_and_communications_manager (external brand).

Created new canonical role in marketing function for CMO / VP Marketing / Head of Marketing / Marketing Director. Added disambiguation routing specialist director titles (product marketing, growth marketing, partner marketing, brand, content, devrel) to their respective roles.

The Meta launches: 15 visible functions and 147 canonical roles, each with a classifier description, example titles and keywords. Every job posting at the tracked AI companies is classified into a function and a role by the daily classify-jobs pass; skills and technologies are extracted per role from live postings.