Full Stack Advertised Pay at Startups (2026): $140k median

Market Signal (July 2026)

Top Hirers: Baton leads hiring for Full Stack roles with 5 active posts, followed by OpenRent.

🌍 Location & Remote Dynamics

SF Centric: Full Stack roles are concentrated in the SF Bay Area (31% of listings), often paying a location premium. Onsite Premium: Onsite Full Stack roles offer a 12% higher median salary ($150,000) than remote alternatives.

💡 Tech Stack Context

Common Stack: 25% of Full Stack jobs also require Artificial Intelligence, and 19% mention Machine Learning.

💰 Compensation Analysis

Median advertised base pay for Full Stack roles is $140,000, with top-tier advertised ranges (P75) reaching $180,000.

Full Stack salary FAQ

What is the median advertised pay for Full Stack roles at startups?

Median advertised pay for Full Stack roles is $140k, based on 36 Hacker News 'Who is Hiring' listings as of July 2026.

What is the salary range for Full Stack roles?

Full Stack roles run from $125k (25th percentile) to $180k (75th percentile), with top listings reaching $225k.

Do remote Full Stack jobs pay more than onsite?

Remote Full Stack roles show a median of $130k versus $152k onsite in this dataset.

Full Stack jobs

COMPANY	ROLE	SALARY	VIBE	STACK	Actions
Caplight	Backend/Fullstack Engineer	$225,000 - $350,000	[F] grind	Backend Full Stack	HN Apply
Rivio.ai	Senior / Staff Software Engineer	$200,000 - $250,000	[F] grind	AI Agents Knowledge Graphs Full Stack	HN Apply
Prolific	Senior Software Engineer	$200,000 - $250,000	@HR grind	Artificial Intelligence Full Stack	HN Apply
Baton	Senior Software Engineer - Full Stack, Technical Lead	$200,000 - $250,000	@HR grind	Full Stack	HN Apply
Baton	Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Infrastructure, Machine Learning (Technical Lead) / Senior Software Engineer - Full Stack, Technical Lead	$200,000 - $330,000	[E] grind	Infrastructure Machine Learning Full Stack	HN Apply
Norm Ai	Full Stack Engineer	$190,000 - $280,000	@HR stable	Full Stack Large Language Models	HN Apply
Norm Ai	Full Stack Engineer, Senior + Staff	$190,000 - $270,000	@HR grind	Full Stack Large Language Models	HN Apply
Trayd	Senior Fullstack Software Engineer	$185,000 - $220,000	null stable	Full Stack	HN Apply
Veritus	Full Stack Developer	$180,000 - $250,000	@HR grind	Artificial Intelligence Full Stack	HN Apply
Numeral	Software Engineer	$175,000 - $300,000	[E] grind	Artificial Intelligence Full Stack Agents +2	HN Apply
Baton	Senior Software Engineer - Full Stack, Technical Lead	$162,000 - $250,000	[F] grind	Full Stack	HN Apply
Baton	Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Infrastructure, Machine Learning / Senior Software Engineer - Full Stack / Software Engineer - Infrastructure, Data Platform	$162,000 - $330,000	[E] CRUNCH	Machine Learning Infrastructure Full Stack +1	HN Apply
Coast	Platform Engineer (Security) / DevSecOps Engineer & Full-stack Product Engineer	$160,000 - $215,000	@HR stable	Devsecops Full Stack	HN Apply
Baton	Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Infrastructure, Machine Learning / Senior Manager, Technical Support Engineering / Senior Software Engineer - Full Stack / IT Manager / Software Engineer - Infrastructure, Data Platform	$150,000 - $330,000	@HR stable	Infrastructure Machine Learning Full Stack +1	HN Apply
Fullstory	Multiple roles	$150,000 - $200,000	[F] grind	Analytics Artificial Intelligence Monitoring +5	HN Apply
Sheer Health	Software Engineer, Fullstack	$140,000 - $190,000	@HR stable	Full Stack	HN Apply
Pepr AI	Member of Technical Staff (Full Stack / Machine Learning & Optimization / Product (ML))	$140,000 - $270,000	[F] grind	Full Stack Machine Learning Optimization	HN Apply
Crux	Multiple roles	$140,000 - $250,000	@HR grind	Artificial Intelligence Full Stack	HN Apply
SightlineOS	Senior Data Engineer, Senior Full Stack Engineer	$135,000 - $185,000	[F] grind	Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Data Engineering +1	HN Apply
Lucia	Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Senior React Engineer, Fullstack Engineer	$135,000 - $240,000	[E] CRUNCH	Machine Learning React Full Stack +4	HN Apply
Apsis Labs	Staff Frontend Engineer	$132,000 - $132,000	[E] zen	Frontend Full Stack Backend	HN Apply
Inngest	Multiple roles	$130,000 - $245,000	[E] CRUNCH	Distributed Systems Execution Full Stack +4	HN Apply
PermitFlow	Staff Software Engineer, Fullstack Software Engineer, Senior Frontend Engineer	$125,000 - $275,000	@HR stable	Full Stack Frontend	HN Apply
Teaching Lab	Senior Software Engineer	$125,000 - $164,889	[F] grind	Web App Full Stack	HN Apply
Crimson	Founding Engineer	£120,000 - £156,000 ≈ $152k	[F] CRUNCH	Artificial Intelligence Full Stack	HN Apply
OpenRent	Senior Full-Stack Engineer	£110,000 + ≈ $140k	[F] stable	Full Stack	HN Apply
Kroo	Product and Integrations SWEs	$110,000 - $200,000	[F] grind	Full Stack Data Connectors Warehousing +1	HN Apply
gentube	founding engineer	$100,000 - $160,000	[F] grind	Full Stack	HN Apply
Planlab	Forward Deployed Engineer (Customer Delivery Lead) and Platform Engineer	£100,000 - £160,000 ≈ $127k	[F] grind	Artificial Intelligence Algorithms Infrastructure +3	HN Apply
Accretional	Founding Software Engineer	$100,000 - $200,000	[F] CRUNCH	Frontend Full Stack Ide +10	HN Apply
Plastic Labs	Full-Stack Engineer / Founding Engineer / ML Research Engineer	$100,000 - $200,000	[F] stable	Full Stack Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence	HN Apply
Dragon Mandarin	Full Stack Engineer	$80,000 +	[F] stable	Full Stack	HN Apply
OpenRent	Senior Full-Stack Engineer	£75,000 - £110,000 ≈ $95k	[F] stable	Full Stack	HN Apply
OpenRent	Senior UX/UI Developer, Senior Full-Stack Engineer	£75,000 - £110,000 ≈ $95k	[F] grind	UX UI Full Stack	HN Apply
Devyce	Senior/Staff Software Engineers	£70,000 - £120,000 ≈ $89k	[F] zen	iOS Android Full Stack	HN Apply
Spill	Fullstack Engineer	£65,000 - £80,000 ≈ $83k	[E] stable	Full Stack	HN Apply

Full Stack remote → Full Stack onsite → All technologies

Full Stack startup salary data

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