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Posts dated July 2024 to June 2026

Observability posts with salary details

11 job posts mention Observability and include salary information.

A post can mention several technologies. These figures describe advertised starting amounts, not what employees were paid.

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SALARY AMOUNTS COMPARED
11

Fewer than 30 usable salary amounts are available. Check the individual advertised ranges and currencies below.

Posts with salary details

11

Source-post dates

Jul 2024 to Jun 2026

Coverage

Public HN “Who is Hiring” posts that include salary details

What salary details are stated?

How specific are the advertised salary amounts?

Each post is grouped by the salary details extracted from it: a range, one exact amount, a minimum, or values that could not form a usable range. Extraction can miss details, so check the original post.

Salary details by stated currency
CurrencyRecordsTwo-sidedExactMinimum onlyInvalid
USD99000
CAD11000
EUR11000

Original pay evidence

Advertised offer bands

Each panel has a separate scale in the source currency. A band shows its stated lower and upper amounts; a marker shows a minimum with no upper amount. Pay period is not preserved in the listing record. These are historical advertisements, not confirmed current vacancies.

CAD advertised bands. Scale covers known endpoints from 130,000 to 180,000.
RoleCompanyNative offer bandBand position, CADPost dateRemote markSource
Head of Developer Relations Railtown AICAD 130,000–180,000Jun 2026Marked remoteView source post
USD advertised bands. Scale covers known endpoints from 70,000 to 400,000.
RoleCompanyNative offer bandBand position, USDPost dateRemote markSource
AI Staff Engineer Republic ServicesUSD 132,600–182,250Jun 2026Marked remoteView source post
Infrastructure Engineer Apollo ResearchUSD 215,000–265,000Jun 2026Not marked remoteView source post
Principal Platform Engineer ElucidUSD 170,000–205,000Jun 2026Not marked remoteView source post
Staff Founding Engineer FoamUSD 300,000–400,000Jun 2026Not marked remoteView source post
Head of Developer Relations Railtown AIUSD 130,000–180,000May 2026Marked remoteView source post
Infrastructure Engineer VLM RunUSD 150,000–220,000Apr 2026Not marked remoteView source post
Multiple roles available InngestUSD 130,000–245,000May 2025Marked remoteView source post
Backend Engineer, Product Engineer, Design Engineer LangfuseUSD 70,000–130,000Apr 2025Not marked remoteView source post
Software Engineer Iudex AIUSD 120,000–200,000Jul 2024Not marked remoteView source post
EUR advertised bands. Scale covers known endpoints from 60,000 to 100,000.
RoleCompanyNative offer bandBand position, EURPost dateRemote markSource
Founding Platform Engineer MoyaiEUR 60,000–100,000Mar 2026Not marked remoteView source post

In these posts

What stands out in Observability posts

Counts are based on posts naming this technology. A post may describe multiple openings; its role-level label applies to the post, not necessarily each opening.

Most represented company

Railtown AI

2 of 11 posts

10 distinct company names in these posts

Role level recorded on the post

Lead5
Mid4
Senior2

Other technologies named together

How Observability posts overlap with other technologies

Each row counts posts naming that technology; a post can appear in more than one row. Salary figures are approximate annualized USD estimates of advertised minimums, not full offer ranges or employee pay.

Technology names, post counts, approximate advertised-minimum estimates, and overlap with Observability posts
TechnologyPosts naming this technologyComparable estimatesMedian estimateMiddle halfPosts also naming ObservabilityFirst and last post
Observability These posts1111Not shownNot shown11Jul 2024 to Jun 2026
Artificial Intelligence182182$150k$120k to $170k4Jun 2024 to Oct 2026
Python375375$150k$110k to $170k3Jun 2024 to Oct 2026

Approximate annualized USD estimates of advertised minimums are shown only when there are at least 30 comparable posts. “Not shown” means fewer than 30.

Starting-salary history

Advertised minimums over time

Each dot is one post’s approximate USD estimate of its advertised minimum, linked to the source post. The chart shows up to the 120 newest comparable estimates, from Jul 2024 to Jun 2026; older months remain in the table, so a missing dot does not mean there were no posts. Monthly summaries appear only with at least 30 comparable estimates. Values are approximate annualized USD estimates of advertised minimums, not full offer ranges or employee pay. They use a common comparison basis, not historical exchange rates or inflation. The mix of companies, recorded role levels, and currencies can change month to month.

Approximate annualized USD estimates of advertised minimums by source-post date Individual linked post floors appear as dots. Eligible month summaries show the p25 to p75 interval and a median mark. The vertical axis is approximate USD and begins at zero. Months without a valid point have no dot. 0k81k162k243k324k Source-post dateApproximate annualized USD estimate Jul 24Mar 26Jun 26 Jul 2024 · 120,000 approximate USD floor · source post 40849515Apr 2025 · 70,000 approximate USD floor · source post 43566287May 2025 · 130,000 approximate USD floor · source post 43860036Mar 2026 · 67,236 approximate USD floor · source post 47219972Apr 2026 · 150,000 approximate USD floor · source post 47603363May 2026 · 130,000 approximate USD floor · source post 47976662Jun 2026 · 300,000 approximate USD floor · source post 48364817Jun 2026 · 170,000 approximate USD floor · source post 48371252Jun 2026 · 215,000 approximate USD floor · source post 48371505Jun 2026 · 132,600 approximate USD floor · source post 48376099Jun 2026 · 91,380 approximate USD floor · source post 48376824 Jul 2024Jun 2026
Individual post, links to sourceMonthly middle-half range and median, shown with at least 30 comparable estimates
Monthly post counts and salary estimates
Monthly source-post counts and valid approximate USD advertised-minimum counts. Statistics are shown only when monthly valid sample size is at least 30.
MonthSource postsComparable estimatesMedian estimateMiddle half
Jul 202411Not shownNot shown
Apr 202511Not shownNot shown
May 202511Not shownNot shown
Mar 202611Not shownNot shown
Apr 202611Not shownNot shown
May 202611Not shownNot shown
Jun 202655Not shownNot shown
Exact values for the 11 plotted source posts
Exact approximate USD floor value and date for each plotted source listing
DateApproximate annualized USD estimateSource
Jul 2024120,000Post 40849515
Apr 202570,000Post 43566287
May 2025130,000Post 43860036
Mar 202667,236Post 47219972
Apr 2026150,000Post 47603363
May 2026130,000Post 47976662
Jun 2026300,000Post 48364817
Jun 2026170,000Post 48371252
Jun 2026215,000Post 48371505
Jun 2026132,600Post 48376099
Jun 202691,380Post 48376824

Other technologies named together

Which other technologies appeared in these posts?

For each month, this lists the three most-mentioned other technologies and how many posts named each one. A post can mention several technologies, so these counts overlap and do not add up to the number of posts.

Monthly counts for the most common other technology tags, with each month’s source-post denominator
MonthPosts that monthOther technologies named
Jul 20241
Artificial Intelligence1 / 1
Apr 20251
No other technology summary
May 20251
No other technology summary
Mar 20261
No other technology summary
Apr 20261
No other technology summary
May 20261
Artificial Intelligence1 / 1
Developer Advocacy1 / 1
Python1 / 1
Jun 20265
Artificial Intelligence2 / 5
Python2 / 5
Developer Advocacy1 / 5

Companies named more than once

Where these companies appear in the posts

Counts show source posts under each company name. They do not measure company size, current hiring, or how often a company hires. One post can describe several roles.

Source posts by company, with observed dates, role titles, technology names, remote wording, and stated currencies
CompanyPostsFirst and last postMonths with postsRole titlesTechnology tagsMarked remoteCurrencies
Railtown AI2May 2026–Jun 20262142 / 2CAD, USD

Role level and remote wording

Which role levels appear under each remote label?

Role levels are the labels recorded for each post, including Unknown. “Not marked remote” does not confirm an onsite workplace. A post may describe several openings.

Lead

5 posts

Marked remote 2

Not marked remote 3

Mid

4 posts

Marked remote 1

Not marked remote 3

Senior

2 posts

Marked remote 1

Not marked remote 1

Technology names per post

How many technologies are listed together?

Each post is counted once, according to how many distinct technology names it contains. This describes the post text, not required skills or role complexity.

2 tags2
3 tags1
4 tags4
5 tags1
6 tags1
10 tags2

Places mentioned in post text

Which places do these posts mention?

These bars compare city and nearby-area matches in this group with matches across all posts that state pay. Matches come from post text, not verified work locations. A post can match more than one place.

San Francisco

4 of 11 in this group
This group36.4%All posts with salary details325 of 1616 (20.1%)

New York

0 of 11 in this group
This group0.0%All posts with salary details330 of 1616 (20.4%)

London

0 of 11 in this group
This group0.0%All posts with salary details112 of 1616 (6.9%)

Berlin

1 of 11 in this group
This group9.1%All posts with salary details30 of 1616 (1.9%)

Location labels in these posts

Broad categories recorded for the posts

These broad labels do not confirm a specific city or where an employee lives.

  • San Francisco Bay Area4
  • Europe2
  • Other2
  • Remote2
  • United States1

Role level recorded on the posts

Posts grouped by recorded role level

Each group uses the role-level label recorded for the post. One post may describe several openings, so the label may not apply to every position in the advertisement.

Role titles in these posts

  • Head of Developer Relations2
  • Infrastructure Engineer2
  • AI Staff Engineer1
  • Backend Engineer, Product Engineer, Design Engineer1
  • Founding Platform Engineer1
  • Multiple roles available1
  • Principal Platform Engineer1
  • Software Engineer1
  • Staff Founding Engineer1

Companies named in these posts

Other technologies named

Posts can name several technologies, so they may appear in more than one group.

Monthly source-post counts

Posting history

When the posts appeared

Monthly counts of matching source posts. This shows how many posts appeared, not salary growth or current vacancies.

Monthly counts of posts with salary details on this page
MonthPostsRelative volume
Jul 202411 posts
Apr 202511 posts
May 202511 posts
Mar 202611 posts
Apr 202611 posts
May 202611 posts
Jun 202655 posts

Full source listing

Posts mentioning Observability

COMPANY ROLE SALARY VIBE STACK Actions
Foam Staff Founding Engineer
$300,000 - $400,000
[F] CRUNCH
Artificial Intelligence Observability Telemetry
HN Apply
Apollo Research Infrastructure Engineer
$215,000 - $265,000
[E] grind
Iac Networking Observability +2
HN Apply
Elucid Principal Platform Engineer
$170,000 - $205,000
@HR stable
AWS Terraform CI/CD +7
HN Apply
VLM Run Infrastructure Engineer
$150,000 - $220,000
[E] grind
Vision Language Models Inference Orchestration +3
HN Apply
Republic Services AI Staff Engineer
$132,600 - $182,250
@HR grind
Genai Llms Agentic AI +7
HN Apply
Railtown AI Head of Developer Relations
CA$130,000 - CA$180,000 ≈ $91k
@HR grind
Python Artificial Intelligence Developer Advocacy +1
HN Apply
Railtown AI Head of Developer Relations
$130,000 - $180,000
@HR stable
Python Artificial Intelligence Developer Advocacy +1
HN Apply
Inngest Multiple roles available
$130,000 - $245,000
[E] grind
Orchestration Queueing Observability +1
HN Apply
Iudex AI Software Engineer
$120,000 - $200,000
[F] stable
Observability Artificial Intelligence
HN Apply
Langfuse Backend Engineer, Product Engineer, Design Engineer
$70,000 - $130,000
[F] CRUNCH
Llmops GitHub Infra As Code +1
HN Apply
Moyai Founding Platform Engineer
€60,000 - €100,000 ≈ $67k
[F] stable
Opentelemetry Observability
HN Apply
Data and method

Listings tagged with the normalized technology Observability. These figures describe advertisements, not verified employee earnings or currently open jobs.

Dates of included posts
2024-07-01 to 2026-06-02
Posts used
11 listings; 11 valid salary-minimum observations
What we compare
Median annualized estimate of advertised salary minimums
Currency conversion
Approximate USD using ECB daily reference rates as of 2026-10-09.

Fewer than 30 usable salary amounts are available, so we do not show a group median. Check the individual offers instead.

2026 includes 8 listings and 8 usable amounts. Its median is withheld below 30 usable amounts. This year overlaps the full history; it is not an independent sample or evidence of a pay trend.

Source: Hacker News “Who is Hiring?”, aggregated by StartupJobList. Read the methodology and correction policy.

Data version for citation: 6f4030b5f87775786f9fb93327566f0376b2b6df506dbc3c557fe59f6512290d