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17 Active Listings Updated February 2026

Elasticsearch Salary Data

Real compensation packages for Elasticsearch developers at high-growth startups. Based on direct data from Hacker News "Who is Hiring" threads.

Median Salary

$130,000

/year
Based on 17 verified postings

Market Range (P25 - P75)

$120,000-$140,000
Entry ($65,000)MedianTop ($190,000)

Top Companies Hiring

Location Distribution

Other100%

verified_listings

Rally UXR
Senior/Staff Backend Engineer
[E]grind
$190,000 - $225,000
TypeScriptAWSPostgreSQLElasticsearchKafka
Y
FetLife
Head of Engineering & Infrastructure
[F]grind
$182,000 - $272,000
MySQLPostgreSQLScylladbRedisElasticsearch
Y
Mailgun
Senior Golang Engineer
[E]grind
$165,000 - $190,000
GolangMongoDBCassandraKafkaNomad
Y
Obsidian Security
Senior Threat Backend Engineer
[E]CRUNCH
$149,000 - $208,000
PythonFastAPIAsyncioTypeScriptWxt
Y
ReadWorks
Senior Data Engineer
[E]stable
$140,000 - $220,000
SQLRedshiftAWSS3Dynamodb
Y
Seeq
Staff Software Engineer (Frontend, Backend, Platform)
[E]grind
$140,000 - $180,000
ReactTypeScriptAndroidJavaElasticsearch
Y
Seeq
Staff Software Engineer (Frontend, Backend)
[E]grind
$140,000 - $180,000
ReactTypeScriptAndroidJavaElasticsearch
Y
Skylight
Senior Backend Engineer
[E]grind
$140,000 - $213,000
ReactTypeScriptGraphQLPythonJava
Y
Peregrine Technologies
Senior Software Engineer, Mobile
@HRgrind
$130,000 - $215,000
PythonDjangoCeleryAirflowKafka
Y
Peregrine Technologies
Senior Mobile Engineer
@HRstable
$130,000 - $215,000
PythonJavaScriptTypeScriptKubernetesAWS
Y
Peregrine Technologies
Senior Full Stack Engineer
@HRstable
$130,000 - $215,000
PythonJavaScriptTypeScriptKubernetesAWS
Y
Kixie
Full-Stack Engineer + DBA
[E]grind
$125,000 - $150,000
ReactRecoilNode.jsElasticsearchAWS Lambda
Y
Respondology
Senior Backend Engineer
[E]grind
$120,000 - $140,000
PythonOpensearchElasticsearchReactRuby on Rails
Y
FetLife
Senior DevOps Engineer
[E]grind
$115,000 - $180,000
MySQLPostgreSQLScylladbRedisElasticsearch
Y
GlassDollar
Senior Data Engineer
[E]grind
$90,000 - $108,000
Node.jsPostgreSQLOpenaiElasticsearchVector Embeddings
Y
Promptwatch
Senior Full-Stack Developer
[E]grind
$78,000 - $132,000
TypeScriptReactNext.jsNode.jsFastify
Y
Promptwatch
Senior Full-Stack Developer
[E]grind
$65,000 - $110,000
TypeScriptReactNext.jsNode.jsFastify
Y
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Commonly Paired With

TypeScript 65%PostgreSQL 53%Terraform 47%
## Market Signal (February 2026)

Top Hirers: Peregrine Technologies leads hiring for Elasticsearch roles with 3 active posts, followed by FetLife.

### 🌍 Location & Remote Dynamics


### 💡 Tech Stack Context
Common Stack: 65% of Elasticsearch jobs also require TypeScript, and 53% mention PostgreSQL.

### 💰 Compensation Analysis
The median base salary for Elasticsearch developers is $130,000, with top-tier roles (P75) reaching $140,000.