Engineering Jobs at Startups in San Mateo, CA, US
San Mateo has 60 open engineering roles at 17 early-stage startups, and 37% of them are remote. Where pay is stated it is typically USD 200k to 257.5k, with a median of USD 200k. 1 role is new this week.
Who is hiring engineers in San Mateo
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- 60open roles
- 17startups hiring
- 37%remote
Salary
Annual pay for this page’s roles that state a salary, in USD. The typical range covers the middle half of those postings.
- $200Kmedian pay
- $200Ktypical range: lower
- $258Ktypical range: upper
Based on 34 postings stating pay in USD.
Pay figures come from the 34 postings on this page that state a salary.
The hiring market
San Mateo accounts for 1% of United States's 6,278 open engineering roles.
Industries
Robotics and manufacturing (17), fintech and payments (13) and legal, compliance and govtech (10) startups have most of the openings.
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
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Questions people ask
How much do engineering jobs in San Mateo pay?
Typically USD 200k to 257.5k a year, with a median of USD 200k, where the posting states a salary.
Which startups are hiring engineers in San Mateo?
Maxima (10 roles), Skild AI (10) and Generalist (7) have the most; 17 startups are hiring in total.
Can I work remotely?
37% of these roles are remote; the rest are in San Mateo.
Do I need to be senior?
Most roles are senior (71% of those that state a level), and 7% are junior or intern.
Are new roles coming in?
1 was posted this week.











