September 2026 data

Elasticsearch startup salary data

As of September 2026, the median advertised pay for Elasticsearch startup roles is $130k across 21 Hacker News “Who is Hiring” listings.

Based on advertised pay in 21 Elasticsearch listings from Hacker News “Who is Hiring”. Sample size is shown so you know how much weight to give the number.

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Market Signal (September 2026)

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

🌍 Location & Remote Dynamics

Remote-Friendly: Elasticsearch is highly remote-friendly, with 67% of roles open to remote work. Parity: Remote and onsite compensation for Elasticsearch is effectively equal, with less than 5% variance in median pay.

💡 Tech Stack Context

Common Stack: 62% of Elasticsearch jobs also require PostgreSQL, and 57% mention TypeScript.

💰 Compensation Analysis

Median advertised base pay for Elasticsearch roles is $130,000, with top-tier advertised ranges (P75) reaching $149,000.

Elasticsearch salary FAQ

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

Median advertised pay for Elasticsearch roles is $130k, based on 21 Hacker News 'Who is Hiring' listings as of September 2026.

What is the salary range for Elasticsearch roles?

Elasticsearch roles run from $115k (25th percentile) to $149k (75th percentile), with top listings reaching $190k.

Do remote Elasticsearch jobs pay more than onsite?

Remote Elasticsearch roles show a median of $133k versus $130k onsite in this dataset.

Elasticsearch jobs

COMPANY	ROLE	SALARY	VIBE	STACK	Actions
Rally UXR	Senior/Staff Backend Engineer	$190,000 - $225,000	[E] grind	TypeScript AWS PostgreSQL +3	HN Apply
FetLife	Head of Engineering & Infrastructure	$182,000 - $272,000	@HR zen	Kubernetes Helm Terraform +7	HN Apply
Obsidian Security	Staff Software Engineer	$176,000 - $196,000	[E] grind	TypeScript Python Rust +7	HN Apply
Mailgun	Senior Golang Engineer	$165,000 - $190,000	[E] grind	Golang MongoDB Cassandra +6	HN Apply
OpenAlex	Software Engineer	$150,000 - $200,000	[E] zen	SQL Pyspark Databricks +4	HN Apply
Obsidian Security	Senior Threat Backend Engineer	$149,000 - $208,000	[E] CRUNCH	Python FastAPI Asyncio +8	HN Apply
ReadWorks	Senior Data Engineer	$140,000 - $220,000	[E] stable	SQL Redshift AWS +12	HN Apply
Seeq	Staff Software Engineer (Frontend, Backend, Platform)	$140,000 - $180,000	[E] grind	React TypeScript Android +6	HN Apply
Skylight	Senior Backend Engineer	$140,000 - $213,000	[E] grind	React TypeScript GraphQL +9	HN Apply
Peregrine Technologies	Senior Software Engineer, Mobile	$130,000 - $215,000	@HR grind	Python Django Celery +13	HN Apply
Peregrine Technologies	Senior Mobile Engineer	$130,000 - $215,000	@HR stable	Python JavaScript TypeScript +8	HN Apply
Peregrine Technologies	Senior Full Stack Engineer	$130,000 - $215,000	@HR stable	Python JavaScript TypeScript +7	HN Apply
Kixie	Full-Stack Engineer + DBA	$125,000 - $150,000	[E] grind	React Recoil Node.js +5	HN Apply
Crossref	Head of Infrastructure Services	$120,000 - $120,000	[E] zen	AWS Terraform Java +3	HN Apply
Respondology	Senior Backend Engineer	$120,000 - $140,000	[E] grind	Python Opensearch Elasticsearch +5	HN Apply
FetLife	Senior DevOps Engineer	$115,000 - $180,000	[E] grind	MySQL PostgreSQL Scylladb +11	HN Apply
Promptwatch	Senior Full-Stack Developer	€90,000 - €110,000 ≈ $97k	[E] stable	TypeScript React Next.js +6	HN Apply
GlassDollar	Senior Data Engineer	€90,000 - €108,000 ≈ $97k	[E] grind	Node.js PostgreSQL Openai +2	HN Apply
Promptwatch	Senior Full-Stack Developer	€78,000 - €132,000 ≈ $84k	[E] grind	TypeScript React Next.js +7	HN Apply
Promptwatch	Senior Full-Stack Developer	€65,000 - €110,000 ≈ $70k	[E] grind	TypeScript React Next.js +7	HN Apply
Schema Labs (OpenCouncil)	Civic Tech Software Engineer	€55,000 - €65,000 ≈ $59k	[E] zen	TypeScript Next.js React +3	HN Apply

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