AWS Advertised Pay at Startups (2026): $150k median

Market Signal (October 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 51% 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

Median advertised base pay for AWS roles is $150,000, with top-tier advertised ranges (P75) reaching $175,000.

AWS salary FAQ

What is the median advertised pay for AWS roles at startups?

Median advertised pay for AWS roles is $150k, based on 279 Hacker News 'Who is Hiring' listings as of October 2026.

What is the salary range for AWS roles?

AWS roles run from $115k (25th percentile) to $175k (75th percentile), with top listings reaching $300k.

Do remote AWS jobs pay more than onsite?

Remote AWS roles show a median of $140k versus $150k onsite in this dataset.

AWS jobs (279 total)

COMPANY	ROLE	SALARY	VIBE	STACK	Actions
Carma	Founding Head of Engineering	$300,000 - $450,000	[F] CRUNCH	TypeScript React Nestjs +3	HN Apply
coreflow	Staff/Principal Engineers	A$300,000 - A$600,000 ≈ $198k	[F] CRUNCH	TypeScript Next.js React +5	HN Apply
BillionToOne	Senior Software Engineer	$280,000 - $307,000	@HR stable	Python Django PostgreSQL +8	HN Apply
Balerion AI	Software + FDE + AI Engineers	$250,000 +	[E] grind	Python Pydanticai Restate +4	HN Apply
VersaFeed	VP of Engineering	$250,000 - $365,000	[F] grind	Python Django PostgreSQL +7	HN Apply
Mobasi	Founding Engineer	$240,000 - $240,000	[F] CRUNCH	Rust TypeScript Python +7	HN Apply
Prophet Town LLC	Full-Stack Engineer + PM + DevOps/Infra	$240,000 - $370,000	[F] stable	JavaScript TypeScript SQL +10	HN Apply
Anterior	Senior Member of Technical Staff	$230,000 - $300,000	[E] grind	Python Golang TypeScript +5	HN Apply
Kepler	Full Stack Engineer	$230,000 - $260,000	[F] grind	Rust TypeScript React +4	HN Apply
EnergyHub	Director of Engineering	$225,000 - $225,000	[F] stable	Java Android React +6	HN Apply
Clerq	Staff Engineer	$225,000 - $260,000	[E] CRUNCH	Python Django PostgreSQL +3	HN Apply
Prophet Town LLC	Platform Engineer and Full-Stack Engineer	$220,000 - $350,000	[F] grind	AWS GCP Kubernetes +21	HN Apply
EliseAI	DevOps Engineer	$210,000 - $260,000	[E] grind	AWS Terraform Python +1	HN Apply
Adobe	Forward Deployment Engineering (AI/ML)	$208,300 - $301,600	@HR grind	Python Java Scala +7	HN Apply
Fazeshift	Senior Software Engineer	$200,000 - $235,000	[E] grind	TypeScript Next.js Trpc +7	HN Apply
Confido	Engineering (multiple roles)	$200,000 - $350,000	[E] stable	Python Ruby on Rails TypeScript +4	HN Apply
Confido	Forward Deployed Engineer	$200,000 - $270,000	[F] grind	Ruby on Rails Python TypeScript +2	HN Apply
Onos Health	Staff Eng (AI), Lead Eng (Backend), Lead Eng (Data)	$200,000 - $250,000	@HR stable	Python Django Next.js +9	HN Apply
Prompt Health	Senior Full Stack Engineer	$200,000 - $225,000	@HR grind	PHP Vue.js MySQL +1	HN Apply
Artemis	Staff Principal Product Backend Distributed Systems Engineer	$200,000 - $250,000	[F] stable	Python Node.js Rust +5	HN Apply
TextQL	Senior Software Engineer (FT)	$200,000 - $400,000	[E] CRUNCH	Golang Haskell TypeScript +6	HN Apply
Finch	Staff Software Engineer, Backend	$200,000 +	[E] grind	Node.js TypeScript PostgreSQL +2	HN Apply
Olli Health	Senior ML/NLP Data Engineer	$200,000 - $250,000	[F] CRUNCH	AWS PostgreSQL Python +2	HN Apply
Baton	Senior Full Stack Engineer	$200,000 - $250,000	[E] grind	Python FastAPI React +4	HN Apply
MyPlanAdvocate	Principal Full-Stack Engineer	$200,000 +	[E] CRUNCH	AWS Lambda Ec2 +5	HN Apply
Portal Innovations	Fractional Engineer	$200,000 - $300,000	[E] grind	Python PostgreSQL AWS +4	HN Apply
Beam	Senior Engineering Manager	$200,000 - $250,000	[E] grind	AWS TypeScript React +4	HN Apply
Complete Sleep	Staff Backend Engineer	$200,000 - $200,000	[F] grind	Golang Next.js AWS +2	HN Apply
DAT	Frontline Engineering Manager, Senior Engineering Manager	$192,000 - $261,000	[E] zen	Node.js TypeScript React +5	HN Apply
DAT	Engineering Manager / Senior Engineering Manager	$192,000 - $261,000	[E] zen	Node.js TypeScript React +5	HN Apply
EnigmoFi	DevOps / SRE	$192,000 +	[F] grind	AWS Kubernetes Docker +5	HN Apply
EnigmoFi	DevOps Engineer	$192,000 - $192,000	@HR stable	AWS GCP Azure +2	HN Apply
Neo.Tax	Senior Full-Stack Engineer & Senior Data Scientist/ML Engineer	$190,000 - $210,000	[E] stable	TypeScript Node.js React +11	HN Apply
Zefr	Staff or Principal Site Reliability Engineer	$190,000 - $235,000	@HR grind	GCP AWS Gke +10	HN Apply
Rally UXR	Senior/Staff Backend Engineer	$190,000 - $225,000	[E] grind	TypeScript AWS PostgreSQL +3	HN Apply
thoughtful.ai	Staff Software Engineer (Applied AI and Platform)	$190,000 - $250,000	[F] grind	AWS TypeScript Next.js +2	HN Apply
thoughtful.ai	Software Engineers (DevProd and Platform)	$190,000 - $250,000	[F] grind	AWS TypeScript Next.js +2	HN Apply
Copper Home	Staff Embedded Systems Engineer	$182,000 - $210,000	[E] stable	C# Python Freertos +6	HN Apply
Footprint	Rust Engineer	$180,000 - $260,000	@HR grind	Rust PostgreSQL AWS +6	HN Apply
XP Health	Senior Full Stack Engineer	$180,000 - $220,000	[F] grind	React Node.js AWS	HN Apply

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