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18 Active Listings Updated January 2026

SQL Salary Data

Real compensation packages for SQL developers at high-growth startups. Based on direct data from Hacker News "Who is Hiring" threads.

Median Salary

$120,000

/year
Based on 18 verified postings

Market Range (P25 - P75)

$100,000-$160,000
Entry ($66,296)MedianTop ($1,100,000)

Top Companies Hiring

Location Distribution

Other100%

verified_listings

FunnelStory
Principal Architect (Go)
[F]grind
$1,100,000 - $1,700,000
GolangPostgreSQLSQLAWS
Y
Prophet Town LLC
Platform Engineer and Full-Stack Engineer
[F]grind
$220,000 - $350,000
AWSGCPKubernetesDockerTerraform
Y
Materialize
Staff Software Engineer (Sources/Sinks)
[E]grind
$200,000 - $225,000
RustGolangC/c++SQLCDC
Y
Rapport
Founding AI Engineer + Founding Data Engineer
[F]CRUNCH
$160,000 - $220,000
PythonSQLFastAPILlmsAgentic Frameworks
Y
Materialize
Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer (Console)
[E]CRUNCH
$160,000 - $215,000
ReactTypeScriptSQLCloud Infrastructure ToolingData Visualization
Y
JotPsych
Senior Frontend Engineer / Senior Backend Engineer
[E]grind
$150,000 - $250,000
Redux ToolkitRtk QueryPythonFastAPICelery
Y
ReadWorks
Senior Data Engineer
[E]stable
$140,000 - $220,000
SQLRedshiftAWSS3Dynamodb
Y
Stack Influence
Technical Operations & Lead Data Analyst
[E]CRUNCH
$125,000 - $175,000
SQLAnalytics
Y
Stack Influence
Multiple Openings
[F]stable
$120,000 - $225,000
JavaScriptReactNode.jsNext.jsAzure
Y
Stack Influence
Senior Technical Product Manager
[E]CRUNCH
$120,000 - $200,000
ApisSQLAnalytics
Y
NVIDIA
Python Developer (Django)
[E]grind
$120,000 - $235,750
PythonDjangoRestAsyncSQL
Y
Lightdash
Senior Full Stack Engineer
[E]grind
$104,000 - $169,000
TypeScriptReactNode.jsSQL
Y
HomeVision
Multiple Roles - Engineer, SRE, Analytics
[E]grind
$100,000 - $220,000
AWSTerraformLlmsMulti Modal ModelsSQL
Y
HomeVision
Multiple Roles - Eng, SRE, Analytics
[F]grind
$100,000 - $220,000
AWSTerraformSQLPythonLlms
Y
Lightdash
Senior Full Stack Engineer
[E]grind
$96,000 - $156,000
TypeScriptReactNode.jsSQL
Y
Prompt Health
Senior Full Stack Engineer, Senior DevOps Engineer, Support Engineer, Senior AI Engineer
[E]grind
$90,000 - $225,000
PHPPHPVue.jsMySQLAWS
Y
Stack Influence
Multiple Openings
[E]grind
$75,000 - $160,000
ReactNode.jsNext.jsAzureSQL
Y
DataAnnotation
Back End Developer- AI Trainer
@HRgrind
$66,296 - $66,296
PythonC#JavaScriptSQLiOS
Y
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Commonly Paired With

Python 50%AWS 44%Node.js 39%
## Market Signal (January 2026)

Top Hirers: Stack Influence leads hiring for SQL roles with 4 active posts, followed by Materialize.

### 🌍 Location & Remote Dynamics


### 💡 Tech Stack Context
Common Stack: 50% of SQL jobs also require Python, and 44% mention AWS.

### 💰 Compensation Analysis
The median base salary for SQL developers is $120,000, with top-tier roles (P75) reaching $160,000.