Django Advertised Pay at Startups (2026): $130k median

Market Signal (October 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 47% of roles open to remote work. Onsite Premium: Onsite Django roles offer a 13% higher median salary ($130,000) than remote alternatives.

💡 Tech Stack Context

Common Stack: 78% of Django jobs also require Python, and 51% mention React.

💰 Compensation Analysis

Median advertised base pay for Django roles is $130,000, with top-tier advertised ranges (P75) reaching $150,000.

Django salary FAQ

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

Median advertised pay for Django roles is $130k, based on 51 Hacker News 'Who is Hiring' listings as of October 2026.

What is the salary range for Django roles?

Django roles run from $88k (25th percentile) to $150k (75th percentile), with top listings reaching $960k.

Do remote Django jobs pay more than onsite?

Remote Django roles show a median of $107k versus $155k onsite in this dataset.

Django jobs (51 total)

COMPANY	ROLE	SALARY	VIBE	STACK	Actions
Dragon Mandarin	Full Stack Engineer	$960,000 +	[F] zen	Django React	HN Apply
BillionToOne	Senior Software Engineer	$280,000 - $307,000	@HR stable	Python Django PostgreSQL +8	HN Apply
VersaFeed	VP of Engineering	$250,000 - $365,000	[F] grind	Python Django PostgreSQL +7	HN Apply
Clerq	Staff Engineer	$225,000 - $260,000	[E] CRUNCH	Python Django PostgreSQL +3	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
Clerq	Staff Software Engineer, ML Engineer	$180,000 - $220,000	[E] grind	Python Django Remix +2	HN Apply
Clerq	Senior/Staff Engineer	$180,000 - $210,000	[E] CRUNCH	Python Django React +2	HN Apply
Halfpricesoft	Founding Engineer	$175,000 - $210,000	[F] stable	Python Django React +2	HN Apply
Octozi	Founding Engineer	$170,000 - $220,000	[F] zen	Django Python React +1	HN Apply
thelab	Senior Backend Developer	$160,000 - $165,000	[E] CRUNCH	TypeScript Python Django +5	HN Apply
JUPUS	Development Lead	€160,000 - €200,000 ≈ $173k	[E] stable	Python Django Restframework +2	HN Apply
VersaFeed.com	Senior Software Engineer	$150,000 - $220,000	@HR zen	Python Django JavaScript +7	HN Apply
Comvex	Forward Deployment Engineer	$150,000 - $190,000	[F] stable	Python Django OpenCV +9	HN Apply
Giftster	Senior Fullstack Python Developer	$150,000 - $190,000	[F] stable	Python Django Django Rest Framework +7	HN Apply
YourTechResume	Founding Engineer	$150,000 - $350,000	[F] grind	Python FastAPI Sqlalchemy +8	HN Apply
VersaFeed	Senior Software Engineer	$150,000 - $220,000	[E] grind	Python Django JavaScript +8	HN Apply
Good Pair Days	Lead Engineer, Fullstack	A$150,000 - A$250,000 ≈ $99k	[E] CRUNCH	React React Native Python +4	HN Apply
Primitive Instruments Corporation	Full Stack Engineer	$150,000 +	[E] grind	Python Django GraphQL +18	HN Apply
Compass Regulatory	Software Engineer (full-stack) and Machine Learning Engineer	$150,000 - $210,000	[E] grind	Django Htmx Alpine.js +5	HN Apply
YCharts	Software Engineer	$140,000 - $180,000	[E] stable	FastAPI Django Angular +5	HN Apply
YCharts	Software Engineer - Applied AI	$140,000 - $180,000	[F] grind	FastAPI Django Celery +5	HN Apply
ReadWorks	Senior Data Engineer	$140,000 - $220,000	[E] stable	SQL Redshift AWS +12	HN Apply
Octane	Senior Software Engineer, Decisioning	$130,000 - $170,000	[E] grind	Python Django PostgreSQL	HN Apply
Glass Health	Founding Senior Software Engineers (full-stack, backend, product) & AI/Data Engineers	$130,000 - $210,000	[F] CRUNCH	Django TypeScript React +4	HN Apply
Peregrine Technologies	Senior Software Engineer, Mobile	$130,000 - $215,000	@HR grind	Python Django Celery +13	HN Apply
Compass Regulatory	Software Engineer (full-stack)	$130,000 - $190,000	[F] grind	Django Htmx Alpine.js +5	HN Apply
Glass Health	Founding Senior Software Engineer	$130,000 - $210,000	[F] grind	Django TypeScript React +2	HN Apply
Glass Health	Founding Senior Software Engineers	$130,000 - $210,000	[F] CRUNCH	Django TypeScript React +2	HN Apply
Credo Health	Full Stack Engineer	$125,000 - $175,000	[E] grind	Python Django PostgreSQL +5	HN Apply
NVIDIA	Python Developer (Django)	$120,000 - $235,750	[E] grind	Python Django Rest +13	HN Apply
Shortform	Full-stack Engineer	$120,000 - $200,000	[F] grind	Vue.js Flask Python +9	HN Apply
Safety Cybersecurity	Senior Full-stack Django Developer, Senior Software Developer, Senior Cybersecurity Researcher	CA$120,000 - CA$174,000 ≈ $88k	[F] grind	Django Python React +2	HN Apply
DeepAI	Software Engineer (Full Stack, Django, AWS)	$100,000 - $400,000	[E] stable	Django AWS MySQL +4	HN Apply
Careignition	Senior Software Engineer	$100,000 - $200,000	[F] grind	Python Apache Iceberg Docker +7	HN Apply
Yottar	Full Stack Engineer	£84,000 - £120,000 ≈ $107k	[F] grind	Django Python Postgis	HN Apply
Dirac	Lead Founding Engineer	£84,000 - £120,000 ≈ $107k	[F] CRUNCH	Django Postgre Systemd +2	HN Apply
RINSE	Software Engineer	$80,000 - $200,000	[E] stable	React TypeScript CSS +7	HN Apply
Lift AI	Senior Software Engineer	$80,000 - $100,000	[E] zen	Django PostgreSQL React +7	HN Apply
JUPUS	Development Lead	€80,000 - €100,000 ≈ $86k	@HR zen	Python Django TypeScript +1	HN Apply
PartsCloud	Backend Engineer	€75,000 - €75,000 ≈ $81k	[E] stable	Python Django Apis +1	HN Apply

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