Founding Engineer Jobs in San Francisco
The first engineering hires at a startup, usually around the seed round: building the first versions of the product, choosing the stack and setting the habits everyone after inherits.
39 live roles25 companies hiringChecked dailyUpdated
What it pays
The median advertised range for founding engineer roles in San Francisco, across 11 live roles that list pay in US dollars, as of October 2026.
What these roles ask for
Across 44 founding engineer postings we've indexed in San Francisco, including roles that have since closed.
- TypeScript43%
- LLMs36%
- Python32%
- AWS27%
- PostgreSQL16%
- React14%
- Docker14%
- PyTorch9%
- Next.js9%
- Node.js9%
What they offer
Measured across 44 postings.
Live roles (39)
Newest first. Every link re-checked this refresh.
- Founding Engineer, Applied AIClera · San Franciscoyesterday
- Founding Sales EngineerMintive · San Francisco, CAyesterday
- Founding Engineer, Environments and DataClera · San Francisco, CAyesterday
Companies hiring founding engineers
28 companies have posted this role here, across 61 listings.
Common questions
How many founding engineer roles in San Francisco are open right now?
39 as of October 23, 2026, at 25 companies. The Anti Job Board checks every listing against the company's own careers page each day, so these are roles still taking applications.
How much do founding engineer roles in San Francisco pay?
As of October 2026, the median advertised pay for founding engineer roles in San Francisco is $150K–$230K a year, across 11 live roles that list pay in US dollars.
Which companies are hiring founding engineers in San Francisco?
The most live roles right now are at Clera (10), Weave (3), peano ai (2), Malkolm (2) and MLabs (2). Every company on this page links to its open roles and how to reach the team.