Engineering Jobs at Startups in Los Altos, CA, US
Los Altos has 2 open engineering roles at 2 early-stage startups, 1 of them remote.
The open roles
- Developer Experience Engineer, DevRel Team: Los Altos, USD 130k to 170k, posted 2 May 2026.
- Senior Platform Engineer: remote, Senior, posted 23 March 2026.
The hiring market
Industries
Cybersecurity (1) and AI and machine learning (1) startups have most of the openings.
Pay figures come from the one posting on this page that states 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.
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Questions people ask
Which startups are hiring engineers in Los Altos?
Descope (1 roles) and Saga.xyz (1) have the most; 2 startups are hiring in total.
Can I work remotely?
1 of these 2 roles are remote.