August 2026 data
AWS startup salary data
As of August 2026, the median AWS salary at startups is $150k across 255 verified Hacker News “Who is Hiring” listings.
Based on 255 verified AWS listings from Hacker News “Who is Hiring”. Sample size is shown so you know how much weight to give the number.
Market Signal (August 2026)
Top Hirers: Olli Health leads hiring for AWS roles with 5 active posts, followed by GoGoGrandparent.
🌍 Location & Remote Dynamics
Remote-Friendly: AWS is highly remote-friendly, with 53% of roles open to remote work. Onsite Premium: Onsite AWS roles offer a 7% higher median salary ($150,000) than remote alternatives.
💡 Tech Stack Context
Common Stack: 48% of AWS jobs also require TypeScript, and 44% mention React.
💰 Compensation Analysis
The median base salary for AWS developers is $150,000, with top-tier roles (P75) reaching $170,000.
AWS jobs (255 total)
| COMPANY | ROLE | SALARY | VIBE | STACK | |
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| Carma | Founding Head of Engineering | USD 300,000 - USD 450,000 |
[F] CRUNCH
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| coreflow | Staff/Principal Engineers | AUD 300,000 - AUD 600,000 ≈ $198k |
[F] CRUNCH
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| BillionToOne | Senior Software Engineer | USD 280,000 - USD 307,000 |
@HR stable
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| VersaFeed | VP of Engineering | USD 250,000 - USD 365,000 |
[F] grind
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| Mobasi | Founding Engineer | USD 240,000 - USD 240,000 |
[F] CRUNCH
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| Prophet Town LLC | Full-Stack Engineer + PM + DevOps/Infra | USD 240,000 - USD 370,000 |
[F] stable
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| Kepler | Full Stack Engineer | USD 230,000 - USD 260,000 |
[F] grind
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| EnergyHub | Director of Engineering | USD 225,000 - USD 225,000 |
[F] stable
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| Clerq | Staff Engineer | USD 225,000 - USD 260,000 |
[E] CRUNCH
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| Prophet Town LLC | Platform Engineer and Full-Stack Engineer | USD 220,000 - USD 350,000 |
[F] grind
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| EliseAI | DevOps Engineer | USD 210,000 - USD 260,000 |
[E] grind
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| Adobe | Forward Deployment Engineering (AI/ML) | USD 208,300 - USD 301,600 |
@HR grind
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| Confido | Forward Deployed Engineer | USD 200,000 - USD 270,000 |
[F] grind
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| Onos Health | Staff Eng (AI), Lead Eng (Backend), Lead Eng (Data) | USD 200,000 - USD 250,000 |
@HR stable
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| Prompt Health | Senior Full Stack Engineer | USD 200,000 - USD 225,000 |
@HR grind
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| Artemis | Staff Principal Product Backend Distributed Systems Engineer | USD 200,000 - USD 250,000 |
[F] stable
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| TextQL | Senior Software Engineer (FT) | USD 200,000 - USD 400,000 |
[E] CRUNCH
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| Finch | Staff Software Engineer, Backend | USD 200,000 + |
[E] grind
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| Olli Health | Senior ML/NLP Data Engineer | USD 200,000 - USD 250,000 |
[F] CRUNCH
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| Baton | Senior Full Stack Engineer | USD 200,000 - USD 250,000 |
[E] grind
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| MyPlanAdvocate | Principal Full-Stack Engineer | USD 200,000 + |
[E] CRUNCH
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| Portal Innovations | Fractional Engineer | USD 200,000 - USD 300,000 |
[E] grind
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| Beam | Senior Engineering Manager | USD 200,000 - USD 250,000 |
[E] grind
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| Complete Sleep | Staff Backend Engineer | USD 200,000 - USD 200,000 |
[F] grind
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| EnigmoFi | DevOps / SRE | USD 192,000 + |
[F] grind
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| EnigmoFi | DevOps Engineer | USD 192,000 - USD 192,000 |
@HR stable
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| Neo.Tax | Senior Full-Stack Engineer & Senior Data Scientist/ML Engineer | USD 190,000 - USD 210,000 |
[E] stable
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| Zefr | Staff or Principal Site Reliability Engineer | USD 190,000 - USD 235,000 |
@HR grind
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| Rally UXR | Senior/Staff Backend Engineer | USD 190,000 - USD 225,000 |
[E] grind
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| thoughtful.ai | Staff Software Engineer (Applied AI and Platform) | USD 190,000 - USD 250,000 |
[F] grind
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| thoughtful.ai | Software Engineers (DevProd and Platform) | USD 190,000 - USD 250,000 |
[F] grind
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| Copper Home | Staff Embedded Systems Engineer | USD 182,000 - USD 210,000 |
[E] stable
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| XP Health | Senior Full Stack Engineer | USD 180,000 - USD 220,000 |
[F] grind
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| SonarMD | Senior Full Stack Engineer | USD 180,000 - USD 220,000 |
[F] grind
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| Parts Order | CTO | USD 180,000 - USD 200,000 |
[F] stable
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| Updater | Lead Platform Engineer | USD 180,000 - USD 215,000 |
[E] grind
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| Photon Health | Senior Software Engineer | USD 180,000 - USD 210,000 |
[E] grind
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| Second Nature | Software Engineer, Engineering Manager, Director of Engineering | USD 180,000 - USD 230,000 |
[E] CRUNCH
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| New Hedge fund | Full Stack Engineer | USD 180,000 - USD 250,000 |
[F] CRUNCH
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| Duckbill | Senior Data Engineer | USD 180,000 - USD 210,000 |
[E] CRUNCH
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