Python Salary at Startups (2026): $150k median - Page 4

Market Signal (September 2026)

Top Hirers: Olli Health leads hiring for Python roles with 6 active posts, followed by Prophet Town LLC.

🌍 Location & Remote Dynamics

Remote-Friendly: Python is highly remote-friendly, with 46% of roles open to remote work. Onsite Premium: Onsite Python roles offer a 10% higher median salary ($150,000) than remote alternatives.

💡 Tech Stack Context

Common Stack: 39% of Python jobs also require React, and 36% mention TypeScript.

💰 Compensation Analysis

The median base salary for Python developers is $150,000, with top-tier roles (P75) reaching $165,000.

Python salary FAQ

What is the median Python developer salary at startups?

The median Python salary is $150k, based on 325 verified Hacker News 'Who is Hiring' listings as of August 2026.

What is the salary range for Python roles?

Python roles run from $105k (25th percentile) to $165k (75th percentile), with top listings reaching $375k.

Do remote Python jobs pay more than onsite?

Remote Python roles show a median of $140k versus $150k onsite in this dataset.

Python jobs (325 total)

COMPANY	ROLE	SALARY	VIBE	STACK
River	Senior + Staff Engineers (Elixir, React, ML/AI)	$150,000 - $250,000	[F] zen	Elixir React Machine Learning +7	HN Apply
Giftster	Senior Fullstack Python Developer	$150,000 - $190,000	[F] stable	Python Django Django Rest Framework +7	HN Apply
SerpApi	Junior to Senior Fullstack Engineer	$150,000 - $180,000	[E] zen	Ruby Ruby on Rails MongoDB +3	HN Apply
Cloudpepper	Senior Platform / DevOps Engineer	$150,000 - $180,000	[E] stable	PHP Ansible Linux +3	HN Apply
Goody	Staff Software Engineer / Senior Software Engineer, Customer Engineering / Senior Software Engineer, Growth	$150,000 - $250,000	[F] grind	Ruby React TypeScript +2	HN Apply
Coram.ai	Senior / Lead Software Engineer	£150,000 - £250,000 ≈ $191k	[E] grind	Python Golang C++ +4	HN Apply
FreightRoll	Software Engineer	$150,000 - $175,000	[E] grind	Elixir Erlang PostgreSQL +2	HN Apply
Hudson River Trading	Experienced Software Engineer — Systems	$150,000 - $250,000	[E] stable	Python Linux Unix +2	HN Apply
Bonsai Robotics	Senior MLOps Engineer	$150,000 - $250,000	[E] grind	Python PyTorch Ray +2	HN Apply
Kernel Intelligence	Senior Backend Systems Engineer	$150,000 - $200,000	[E] grind	Python FastAPI Async +10	HN Apply
SerpApi	Junior to Senior Fullstack Engineer, Customer Success Engineer, Hiring Coordinator, Developer Advocate	$150,000 - $180,000	[E] grind	Python Ruby PHP +10	HN Apply
Optimal	Simulation and Control Engineer, Full-stack Software Engineer	£150,000 - £150,000 ≈ $191k	[F] grind	Python React	HN Apply
YourTechResume	Founding Engineer	$150,000 - $350,000	[F] grind	Python FastAPI Sqlalchemy +8	HN Apply
Cora AI	Founding Engineer, Full Stack	$150,000 - $200,000	[F] CRUNCH	Python FastAPI React +3	HN Apply
MachineSP	Software Engineer	$150,000 - $200,000	[E] grind	Python AWS Ec2 +8	HN Apply
VersaFeed	Senior Software Engineer	$150,000 - $220,000	[E] grind	Python Django JavaScript +8	HN Apply
Trustle	Senior Backend Engineer	$150,000 - $200,000	[E] CRUNCH	Python AWS GCP +7	HN Apply
Cora AI	Founding Engineer	$150,000 - $200,000	[F] CRUNCH	Python FastAPI React +3	HN Apply
Equity Trust	Lead ML Engineer	$150,000 - $180,000	[F] CRUNCH	Python AWS	HN Apply
JotPsych	Senior Frontend Engineer / Senior Backend Engineer	$150,000 - $250,000	[E] grind	Redux Toolkit Rtk Query Python +5	HN Apply
Prophet Town LLC	Full-Stack Software Engineer	$150,000 - $250,000	[F] grind	React Python Ruby on Rails +3	HN Apply
Matroid	Field Software Engineer	$150,000 - $300,000	[E] grind	Python PyTorch Kubernetes +7	HN Apply
Harmony Intelligence	Mid-Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer	A$150,000 - A$250,000 ≈ $99k	[F] grind	Python	HN Apply
Coverflow	Founding Engineer	$150,000 - $200,000	[F] CRUNCH	Python React AWS +2	HN Apply
Norm Ai	Multiple engineering roles	$150,000 - $250,000	[E] CRUNCH	Artificial Intelligence React Python +2	HN Apply
Optimal	Backend Software Engineer	£150,000 - £150,000 ≈ $191k	[F] CRUNCH	Python Artificial Intelligence Deepmind	HN Apply
Zefr	Senior Site Reliability Engineer	$150,000 - $170,000	[E] CRUNCH	GCP AWS Kubernetes +12	HN Apply
Good Pair Days	Lead Engineer, Fullstack	A$150,000 - A$250,000 ≈ $99k	[E] CRUNCH	React React Native Python +4	HN Apply
Equall	Product Engineer (Full Stack)	$150,000 - $250,000	[E] CRUNCH	Sveltekit GraphQL Python +7	HN Apply
Matroid	Software Engineer	$150,000 - $300,000	[E] grind	Python PyTorch Kubernetes +7	HN Apply
Foray	Lead Software Engineer	$150,000 - $175,000	[E] grind	Python FastAPI React +6	HN Apply
Source	Founding Engineer	$150,000 - $200,000	[F] CRUNCH	Python PyTorch Hf Transformers +16	HN Apply
Purplefish	Member of Technical Staff	$150,000 - $225,000	[F] CRUNCH	Next.js TypeScript Python +1	HN Apply
Optimal	AI Simulation and Control Engineer	£150,000 - £153,000 ≈ $191k	[E] stable	Python	HN Apply
TandemAI	Sr/Principal DevOps Engineer	$150,000 - $175,000	[E] CRUNCH	AWS Cloudformation Terraform +7	HN Apply
VLM Run	Member of Technical Staff, ML Systems	$150,000 - $220,000	[E] CRUNCH	Vision Language Models Llms Temporal/video Models +12	HN Apply
Letta	Multiple Roles	$150,000 - $250,000	[E] grind	TypeScript Next.js Python +1	HN Apply
3Play Media	Staff Platform Engineer	$150,000 - $180,000	[E] grind	AWS Terraform Kubernetes +4	HN Apply
VLM Run	Member of Technical Staff, ML Systems, Developer Relations	$150,000 - $220,000	[E] CRUNCH	Vision Language Models Llms Temporal/video Models +10	HN Apply
Pump.co	Backend + Frontend Engineer	$150,000 - $200,000	[F] CRUNCH	Python TypeScript	HN Apply

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