Senior Engineering Jobs at Startups
There are 2,841 open senior engineering roles at 1,179 early-stage startups, 37% of them remote. Where pay is stated it is typically USD 165k to 212.5k, with a median of USD 190k.
Who is hiring senior engineers
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- 2,841open roles
- 1,179startups 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.
- $190Kmedian pay
- $165Ktypical range: lower
- $213Ktypical range: upper
Based on 1,159 postings stating pay in USD.
Pay figures come from the 1,322 postings on this page that state a salary.
The hiring market
Industries
Aerospace and defense (291), fintech and payments (255) and robotics and manufacturing (250) 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.
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Questions people ask
How much do senior engineering jobs pay?
Typically USD 165k to 212.5k a year, with a median of USD 190k, where the posting states a salary.
Which startups are hiring senior engineers?
Varda Space Industries (23 roles), Temporal (21) and Lila Sciences (20) have the most; 1,179 startups are hiring in total.
Can I work remotely?
37% of these roles are remote.
Are new roles coming in?
139 were posted this week.