July 2026 data
Django startup salary data
As of July 2026, the median Django salary at startups is $130k across 47 verified Hacker News “Who is Hiring” listings.
Based on 47 verified Django 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: Clerq leads hiring for Django roles with 3 active posts, followed by Glass Health.
🌍 Location & Remote Dynamics
Remote-Friendly: Django is highly remote-friendly, with 49% of roles open to remote work. Onsite Premium: Onsite Django roles offer a 8% higher median salary ($130,000) than remote alternatives.
💡 Tech Stack Context
Common Stack: 77% of Django jobs also require Python, and 49% mention React.
💰 Compensation Analysis
The median base salary for Django developers is $130,000, with top-tier roles (P75) reaching $150,000.
Django jobs (47 total)
| COMPANY | ROLE | SALARY | VIBE | STACK | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dragon Mandarin | Full Stack Engineer | USD 960,000 + |
[F] zen
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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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| Clerq | Staff Engineer | USD 225,000 - USD 260,000 |
[E] CRUNCH
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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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| Clerq | Staff Software Engineer, ML Engineer | USD 180,000 - USD 220,000 |
[E] grind
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| Clerq | Senior/Staff Engineer | USD 180,000 - USD 210,000 |
[E] CRUNCH
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| Halfpricesoft | Founding Engineer | USD 175,000 - USD 210,000 |
[F] stable
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| thelab | Senior Backend Developer | USD 160,000 - USD 165,000 |
[E] CRUNCH
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| JUPUS | Development Lead | EUR 160,000 - EUR 200,000 ≈ $173k |
[E] stable
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| Comvex | Forward Deployment Engineer | USD 150,000 - USD 190,000 |
[F] stable
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| Giftster | Senior Fullstack Python Developer | USD 150,000 - USD 190,000 |
[F] stable
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| YourTechResume | Founding Engineer | USD 150,000 - USD 350,000 |
[F] grind
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| VersaFeed | Senior Software Engineer | USD 150,000 - USD 220,000 |
[E] grind
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| Good Pair Days | Lead Engineer, Fullstack | AUD 150,000 - AUD 250,000 ≈ $99k |
[E] CRUNCH
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| Primitive Instruments Corporation | Full Stack Engineer | USD 150,000 + |
[E] grind
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| Compass Regulatory | Software Engineer (full-stack) and Machine Learning Engineer | USD 150,000 - USD 210,000 |
[E] grind
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| YCharts | Software Engineer | USD 140,000 - USD 180,000 |
[E] stable
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| YCharts | Software Engineer - Applied AI | USD 140,000 - USD 180,000 |
[F] grind
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| ReadWorks | Senior Data Engineer | USD 140,000 - USD 220,000 |
[E] stable
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| Glass Health | Founding Senior Software Engineers (full-stack, backend, product) & AI/Data Engineers | USD 130,000 - USD 210,000 |
[F] CRUNCH
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| Peregrine Technologies | Senior Software Engineer, Mobile | USD 130,000 - USD 215,000 |
@HR grind
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| Compass Regulatory | Software Engineer (full-stack) | USD 130,000 - USD 190,000 |
[F] grind
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| Glass Health | Founding Senior Software Engineer | USD 130,000 - USD 210,000 |
[F] grind
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| Glass Health | Founding Senior Software Engineers | USD 130,000 - USD 210,000 |
[F] CRUNCH
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| Credo Health | Full Stack Engineer | USD 125,000 - USD 175,000 |
[E] grind
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| NVIDIA | Python Developer (Django) | USD 120,000 - USD 235,750 |
[E] grind
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| Shortform | Full-stack Engineer | USD 120,000 - USD 200,000 |
[F] grind
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| Safety Cybersecurity | Senior Full-stack Django Developer, Senior Software Developer, Senior Cybersecurity Researcher | CAD 120,000 - CAD 174,000 ≈ $88k |
[F] grind
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| DeepAI | Software Engineer (Full Stack, Django, AWS) | USD 100,000 - USD 400,000 |
[E] stable
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| Careignition | Senior Software Engineer | USD 100,000 - USD 200,000 |
[F] grind
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| Yottar | Full Stack Engineer | GBP 84,000 - GBP 120,000 ≈ $107k |
[F] grind
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| Dirac | Lead Founding Engineer | GBP 84,000 - GBP 120,000 ≈ $107k |
[F] CRUNCH
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| Rinse | Software Engineer | USD 80,000 - USD 200,000 |
@HR stable
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| Lift AI | Senior Software Engineer | USD 80,000 - USD 100,000 |
[E] zen
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| JUPUS | Development Lead | EUR 80,000 - EUR 100,000 ≈ $86k |
@HR zen
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| PartsCloud | Backend Engineer | EUR 75,000 - EUR 75,000 ≈ $81k |
[E] stable
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| Chainsage | Senior C++ Engineer | USD 75,000 - USD 220,000 |
[F] CRUNCH
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| myDataValue | Founding ML/Data Engineer | GBP 70,000 - GBP 100,000 ≈ $89k |
[F] stable
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| myDataValue.com | Senior Founding Engineer | GBP 70,000 - GBP 90,000 ≈ $89k |
[F] stable
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