Finance & Legal Jobs at Startups in San Francisco, CA, US
San Francisco has 180 open finance and legal roles at 102 early-stage startups, and 38% of them are remote. Where pay is stated it is typically USD 150k to 240k, with a median of USD 185k. 18 roles are new this week.
Who is hiring finance and legal roles in San Francisco
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- 180open roles
- 102startups hiring
- 38%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.
- $185Kmedian pay
- $150Ktypical range: lower
- $240Ktypical range: upper
Based on 126 postings stating pay in USD.
Pay figures come from the 126 postings on this page that state a salary.
The hiring market
San Francisco accounts for 20% of United States's 913 open finance and legal roles.
Industries
Fintech and payments (38), AI and machine learning (36) and climate and energy (16) startups have most of the openings.
What finance and legal work involves at an early-stage startup
You build the books, the contracts and the controls rather than inherit them. Founders ask you about runway, a customer agreement and a new country's rules in the same afternoon. At a large company each of those sits with a different specialist team.
Experience level
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Questions people ask
How much do finance and legal jobs in San Francisco pay?
Typically USD 150k to 240k a year, with a median of USD 185k, where the posting states a salary.
Which startups are hiring finance and legal roles in San Francisco?
Lambda Finance (13 roles), Crypto.com Europe (7) and Generate.Club (7) have the most; 102 startups are hiring in total.
Can I work remotely?
38% of these roles are remote; the rest are in San Francisco.
Do I need to be senior?
Most roles are senior (38% of those that state a level), and 8% are junior or intern.
Are new roles coming in?
18 were posted this week.