Engineering Jobs at Developer Tools & Infrastructure Startups
There are 862 open engineering roles at 175 early-stage startups, 47% of them remote. Where pay is stated it is typically USD 165k to 230k, with a median of USD 200k.
What startups in developer tools build
Startups here build the tools and infrastructure other engineers use to ship software. Founders are usually engineers fixing a problem they had themselves, and the customer does the same job as the person hiring. Roles reward writing clearly in public, since documentation and community carry more weight than advertising.
Who is hiring engineers
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- 862open roles
- 175startups hiring
- 47%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
- $165Ktypical range: lower
- $230Ktypical range: upper
Based on 281 postings stating pay in USD.
Pay figures come from the 344 postings on this page that state a salary.
The hiring market
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 pay?
Typically USD 165k to 230k a year, with a median of USD 200k, where the posting states a salary.
Which startups are hiring engineers?
Temporal (36 roles), Giga Energy (35) and ON.energy (33) have the most; 175 startups are hiring in total.
Can I work remotely?
47% of these roles are remote.
Do I need to be senior?
Most roles are senior (71% of those that state a level), and 4% are junior or intern.
Are new roles coming in?
30 were posted this week.