July 2026 data
Golang startup salary data
As of July 2026, the median Golang salary at startups is $147k across 104 verified Hacker News “Who is Hiring” listings.
Based on 104 verified Golang 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: Fullstory leads hiring for Golang roles with 7 active posts, followed by Bubblehouse.
🌍 Location & Remote Dynamics
Remote-Friendly: Golang is highly remote-friendly, with 64% of roles open to remote work. Remote Premium: Remote Golang roles currently fetch a 7% salary premium (median $150,000) compared to onsite positions.
💡 Tech Stack Context
Common Stack: 38% of Golang jobs also require TypeScript, and 37% mention React.
💰 Compensation Analysis
The median base salary for Golang developers is $147,000, with top-tier roles (P75) reaching $160,000.
Golang jobs (104 total)
| COMPANY | ROLE | SALARY | VIBE | STACK | |
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| Datadog | Engineer | USD 300,000 - USD 300,000 |
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| Bubblehouse | Principal Engineer | USD 250,000 - USD 250,000 |
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| Bubblehouse | Principal Engineer | USD 200,000 - USD 250,000 |
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| TextQL | Senior Software Engineer (FT) | USD 200,000 - USD 400,000 |
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| Moment | Distributed Systems Engineer, Product Engineer | USD 200,000 - USD 325,000 |
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| Ephemera | Staff-level distributed/decentralized systems engineer | USD 200,000 - USD 250,000 |
[E] CRUNCH
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| Materialize | Staff Software Engineer (Sources/Sinks) | USD 200,000 - USD 225,000 |
[E] grind
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| Complete Sleep | Staff Backend Engineer | USD 200,000 - USD 200,000 |
[F] grind
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| Monad Labs | Sr Software Engineer / Network Security Engineer | USD 200,000 + |
[F] grind
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| Aurora | Staff TLM, Cloud Platform | USD 189,000 - USD 302,000 |
[E] CRUNCH
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| Virta Health | Senior Backend Engineer - Activation | USD 185,000 - USD 240,000 |
[E] grind
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| Join | Staff Software Engineer (Web) | USD 175,000 - USD 205,000 |
[E] grind
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| Join | Senior/Staff Software Engineer | USD 175,000 - USD 205,000 |
[E] zen
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| Join | Sr/Staff Golang/DB Developer | USD 175,000 - USD 205,000 |
[F] grind
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| Elucid | Principal Platform Engineer | USD 170,000 - USD 205,000 |
@HR stable
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| Prequel | Software Engineer | USD 170,000 - USD 210,000 |
[E] stable
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| Duranta | Staff backend engineer | USD 170,000 - USD 210,000 |
[E] grind
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| SiteWorx Software | Director Engineering | USD 170,000 - USD 210,000 |
[F] grind
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| Goody | Senior Software Engineer | USD 170,000 - USD 230,000 |
[F] grind
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| Mailgun | Senior Golang Engineer | USD 165,000 - USD 190,000 |
[E] grind
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| Campus.edu | Senior Full Stack Developer | USD 165,000 - USD 195,000 |
[E] grind
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| Prolific Machines | Senior Software Platform Engineer | USD 160,000 - USD 210,000 |
[E] stable
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| Pelotech | Staff Software Engineer | USD 160,000 - USD 210,000 |
@HR zen
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| Fullstory | Senior Software Engineer, Full-stack, Application Experience | USD 160,000 - USD 190,000 |
[E] grind
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| Fullstory | Senior Software Engineer | USD 160,000 - USD 207,500 |
[F] grind
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| Sheer Health | Software Engineer | USD 160,000 - USD 210,000 |
[E] CRUNCH
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| pganalyze | Senior Solutions Engineer | USD 160,000 - USD 200,000 |
[F] grind
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| Fullstory | Senior Software Engineer, AI Focus, Data Management | USD 160,000 - USD 190,000 |
[F] grind
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| Infracost | Senior Software Engineer | EUR 160,000 - EUR 280,000 ≈ $173k |
[E] grind
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| PDM Automotive | Senior Software Engineer | USD 160,000 - USD 160,000 |
[E] CRUNCH
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| Sheer Health | Product Manager, Software Engineer | USD 160,000 - USD 210,000 |
[E] stable
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| Gladly | Staff Software Engineer, AI & Automation | USD 156,000 - USD 215,000 |
[E] grind
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| Rune Labs | Senior Backend Engineer | USD 155,000 - USD 180,000 |
[E] grind
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| b.well | Sr SRE | USD 154,000 - USD 190,000 |
[E] stable
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| b.well | Senior Site Reliability Engineer | USD 153,000 - USD 190,000 |
[E] grind
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| Fullstory | Various roles | USD 152,000 - USD 185,000 |
[E] stable
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| Fullstory | Multiple roles available | USD 152,000 - USD 185,000 |
[E] grind
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| Loophole Labs | Senior Systems Engineer | USD 150,000 - USD 195,000 |
[E] stable
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| Avantos.ai | Sr Software Engineer | USD 150,000 - USD 200,000 |
@HR stable
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| Coram.ai | Senior / Lead Software Engineer | GBP 150,000 - GBP 250,000 ≈ $191k |
[E] grind
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