Indeed, the title is startingly misleading, but it's par for the course.

It seems that "Engineer", in the context of hiring, for anything YC-sponsored, means programmer. Even "Work at a Startup" was (and likely still is), exclusively for software engineers.

This is despite the fact that YC actually accepts/funds companies that aren't pure software plays.

I am being cynical but this article feels like a reason to promote/plug TripleByte complete with a $15,000 offer at the end.

The article offered no new insights, it was more like an infomercial for the author’s company.