Engineering Jobs at Startups in Ashburn, VA, US
Ashburn has 4 open engineering roles at 2 early-stage startups. 1 role is new this week.
The open roles
- Senior Software Engineer - APIs: Ashburn, USD 125k to 145k, Senior, posted 9 September 2026.
- Director of National Security: Ashburn, USD 180k to 250k, Director, posted 21 August 2026.
- Spacecraft Structures Engineer: Ashburn, USD 130k to 180k, posted 30 March 2026.
- Optomechanical Engineer: Ashburn, USD 150k to 220k, posted 4 December 2025.
The hiring market
Industries
Climate and energy (3) and business and operations software (1) startups have most of the openings.
Pay figures come from the 4 postings on this page that state a salary.
What engineering work involves at an early-stage startup
You own whole parts of the product rather than one service inside a large system. Expect to write the code, deploy it, and get paged when it breaks. Reviews are quick and the codebase is small, so a decision made on Tuesday can ship on Thursday.
Experience level
Open roles by the experience the posting asks for.
4 jobsSort
Questions people ask
Which startups are hiring engineers in Ashburn?
Overview Energy (3 roles) and Unacast (1) have the most; 2 startups are hiring in total.
Are new roles coming in?
1 was posted this week.