Startup Salaries in Developer Tools
Roles at developer tools startups typically pay USD 140k to 225k a year, with a median of USD 185k.
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
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- 2,037open roles
- 215startups hiring
- 47%remote
Pay and the market
All locations, in USD
Pay by country, in local currency
What developer tools roles pay in each country, each in its own currency and never converted. The count beside each country is how many postings the figures come from.
A country with fewer than 5 postings stating pay is left out.
Top categories hiring in Developer Tools & Infrastructure
All categories →Ranked by how many roles are open. Every row is a link to that category's pay.
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Questions people ask
How much do roles at developer tools startups pay?
Typically USD 140k to 225k a year, with a median of USD 185k. Startups that state a salary in the posting are the source.
Which startups are hiring the most developer tools roles?
Giga Energy (74 open roles), Natuvion (55) and ON.energy (53).
Where these figures come from
Only postings that state a salary are counted. Each currency is reported on its own, never pooled or converted, so the figure above covers postings written in US dollars and every country row stays in its own currency. Pay covers the whole mix of roles and experience levels at developer tools startups, not one job.