What does a full-stack engineer in san francisco earn?

SF compensation runs at the top end of the band. Founding engineer offers commonly clear $200k base + 0.5–2% equity at seed-to-Series-A. The typical band for a full-stack engineer runs $120k–$200k base, equity at startups.

Are full-stack engineer jobs in san francisco remote-friendly?

6 of the current 65 listings (9%) allow remote work; the rest are on-site or hybrid in San Francisco.

What companies hire full-stack engineer jobs in san francisco?

Jobs Base aggregates listings across YC-backed startups, growth-stage companies, and selected larger companies hiring with builder-role characteristics.

What's the difference between a full-stack engineer and a regular full-stack engineer?

Jobs Base only lists builder roles. Positions where one person owns the product end-to-end. We filter out ticket-driven, narrowly-scoped roles even when the title matches. About 9% of listings scraped match this definition.

Full-Stack Engineer Jobs in San Francisco

San Francisco full-stack engineer hiring is split between earlier-stage companies that need someone to do everything and a smaller cohort of mid-stage companies that genuinely want full-stack ownership. The earlier-stage versions are basically "founding engineer with a different title". Be careful to read the spec rather than the title. Comp at well-funded companies clears $200k base; equity grants are larger at smaller companies.

65 active 9% remote median salary $220k

1.	Fullstack Engineer ($185K - $250K + 0.1% - 0.3% Equity) at Founders Fund-backed AI Enterprise Startup (CoffeeSpace) San Francisco, California, United States \| $185,000 – $250,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| mid \| python, react, apis \| 1mo ago
2.	Full-Stack Engineer- Series B Ai · $200-300K + equity (Benchstack Ai) San Francisco, California, United States+1 \| $200,000 – $300,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| senior \| react, typescript, python \| 3w ago
3.	Full Stack Engineer (AI Systems & Quality) at Segmental AI (Segmental AI) San Francisco, California, United States+2 \| on-site \| full-time \| entry \| full stack, backend development, frontend development \| 1mo ago
4.	Full-Stack Engineer (Front-End Spike) (hud) San Francisco, California, United States \| $140,000 – $250,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| mid \| frontend, backend, api \| 1mo ago
5.	Full Stack Engineer (Phonely) San Francisco, California, United States \| $160,000 – $210,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| senior \| react, next.js, typescript \| 1mo ago
6.	Full-Stack Engineer (Cognition) San Francisco, California, United States \| $260,000 – $300,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| mid \| python, typescript, react \| 1mo ago
7.	Full Stack Engineer (Alexander Chapman) San Francisco, California, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| mid \| react, next.js, typescript \| 1mo ago
8.	Full Stack Engineer (Crypto x AI) (Hyphen Connect) San Francisco, California, United States \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| golang, web3, blockchain \| 1mo ago
9.	Full-Stack Engineer (Actively AI) San Francisco, California, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| senior \| python, fastapi, react \| 1mo ago
10.	Full-Stack Software Engineer (New Grads) (Agave) San Francisco, California, United States \| $120,000 – $160,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| entry \| typescript, react, redis \| 1mo ago
11.	Full Stack Software Engineer (Gumloop) San Francisco, California, United States+1 \| $120,000 – $220,000/yr \| hybrid \| full-time \| senior \| python, typescript, react \| 1mo ago
12.	Senior Full Stack Engineer (MrBeast) San Francisco, California, United States+3 \| hybrid \| full-time \| senior \| react native, api development, data modeling \| 1mo ago
13.	Senior Full Stack Engineer (Strada) San Francisco, California, United States \| $160,000 – $230,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| senior \| typescript, react, node.js \| 1mo ago
14.	Senior Full Stack Engineer (Gumloop) San Francisco, California, United States+1 \| $200,000 – $300,000/yr \| hybrid \| full-time \| senior \| python, typescript, react \| 1mo ago
15.	Staff Full Stack Systems Engineer – Energy infrastructure (Amperesand) San Francisco, California, United States+2 \| $200,000 – $220,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| senior \| c, go, rust \| 1mo ago
16.	Founding Full-Stack Engineer (Empathy Talent) San Francisco, California, United States \| $150,000 – $230,000/yr \| hybrid \| full-time \| senior \| react, typescript, node.js \| 1mo ago
17.	Product Engineer (Full Stack) (TrueClaim) San Francisco, California, United States \| $140,000 – $180,000/yr \| hybrid \| full-time \| entry \| python, next.js, typescript \| 1mo ago
18.	Product Engineer (Y Combinator) San Francisco, California, United States \| $185,000 – $485,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| rails, react, full-stack \| 4w ago
19.	Founding Engineer (Eve) San Francisco, California, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| typescript, sveltekit, cloudflare workers \| 4w ago
20.	Founding Engineer (Ventura) San Francisco, California, United States \| $140,000 – $220,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| nextjs, typescript, python \| 1mo ago
21.	Founding Engineer (Chasi) San Francisco, California, United States \| $120,000 – $170,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| entry \| typescript, react, next.js \| 1mo ago
22.	Founding Engineer (Nohi) San Francisco, California, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| entry \| typescript, react, next.js \| 1mo ago
23.	Software Engineer (ShiftOS) San Francisco, California, United States \| $120,000 – $165,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| entry \| react, next.js, typescript \| 1mo ago
24.	Applied AI Engineer (Slash) San Francisco, California, United States \| $400,000 – $700,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| senior \| typescript, react, next.js \| 1mo ago
25.	Product Growth Engineer (Firecrawl) San Francisco, California, United States+2 \| $120,000 – $220,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| react, typescript, next.js \| 1mo ago
26.	AI Engineer, New Business Unit (Nirvana Insurance) San Francisco, California, United States \| $144,000 – $240,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| entry \| llms, vlms, asr \| 1mo ago
27.	Software Engineer - AI Agents (LiveFlow) San Francisco, California, United States \| remote \| full-time \| mid \| ai agents, llm, workflow automation \| 3w ago
28.	AI-Native Founding Engineer (Jobright.ai) San Francisco, California, United States \| $130,000 – $170,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| typescript, react, sql \| 3w ago
29.	Founding Engineer (Avent) San Francisco, California, United States \| $120,000 – $150,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| next.js, typescript, python \| 1mo ago
30.	Founding Engineer (Arcadia) San Francisco, California, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| react, python, aws \| 1mo ago
31.	Founding Product Engineer (Sparkles) San Francisco, California, United States \| $150,000 – $200,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| typescript, react, ai tools \| 1mo ago
32.	Software Engineer (Conduit) San Francisco, California, United States \| $150,000 – $200,000/yr \| hybrid \| full-time \| senior \| python, django, svelte \| 1mo ago
33.	Software Engineer, Agents (Benchling) San Francisco, California, United States \| $173,369 – $234,388/yr \| remote \| full-time \| entry \| python, react, llm \| 1mo ago
34.	Founding Engineer (Arcadia) San Francisco, California, United States \| hybrid \| full-time \| lead \| react, typescript, python \| 1mo ago
35.	Software Engineer, Stablecoin (Slash) San Francisco, California, United States \| $200,000 – $300,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| senior \| full-stack development, api design, database migration \| 1mo ago
36.	Software Engineer (ABC People) San Francisco, California, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| react, python, node.js \| 1mo ago
37.	Founding Engineer (Effective AI) San Francisco, California, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| senior \| python, typescript, go \| 1mo ago
38.	AI Product Engineer (Speak) San Francisco, California, United States \| hybrid \| full-time \| mid \| react, node, typescript \| 1mo ago
39.	Frontend Engineer (Pulsa) San Francisco, California, United States \| $180,000 – $220,000/yr \| hybrid \| full-time \| entry \| frontend architecture, html, css \| 1mo ago
40.	Founding Engineer (Python, Typescript, React) (Trinity Consulting Group) San Francisco, California, United States \| $150,000 – $180,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| python, typescript, react \| 1mo ago
41.	Founding Member (OpenWork) San Francisco, California, United States+1 \| $150,000 – $200,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| software engineering, product design \| 1mo ago
42.	Software Engineer ($180K - $220K + Equity) at YC-backed AI Data Infrastructure Startup (CoffeeSpace) San Francisco, California, United States \| $180,000 – $220,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| entry \| next.js, react, python \| 1mo ago
43.	Senior Software Engineer (AI Agents) (Arcadia) San Francisco, California, United States \| hybrid \| full-time \| senior \| react, typescript, go \| 1mo ago
44.	Product Engineer (Imbue) San Francisco, California, United States \| $170,000 – $350,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| react, typescript, python \| 1mo ago
45.	Founding Engineer (SF, On-site) (Caddie AI) San Francisco, California, United States \| $150,000 – $180,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| python, typescript, react \| 2mo ago
46.	Software Engineer - Product (New Grad) (Julius) San Francisco, California, United States \| $130,000 – $150,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| entry \| react, next.js, tailwind css \| 1mo ago
47.	Staff Software Engineer, AI Operations (ŌURA) San Francisco, California, United States \| $233,000 – $267,000/yr \| hybrid \| full-time \| senior \| python, node.js, react \| 1mo ago
48.	Software Engineer - AI (NovusMinds AI) San Francisco, California, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| senior \| python, typescript, go \| 1mo ago
49.	Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Product (Slash) San Francisco, California, United States \| $400,000 – $700,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| senior \| database schema, api design, backend development \| 1mo ago
50.	Applied AI Engineer — Greylock Investment Team (Greylock Partners) San Francisco, California, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| senior \| ai, llm, python \| 1mo ago

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Frequently asked questions

What does a full-stack engineer in san francisco earn?: SF compensation runs at the top end of the band. Founding engineer offers commonly clear $200k base + 0.5–2% equity at seed-to-Series-A. The typical band for a full-stack engineer runs $120k–$200k base, equity at startups.
Are full-stack engineer jobs in san francisco remote-friendly?: 6 of the current 65 listings (9%) allow remote work; the rest are on-site or hybrid in San Francisco.
What companies hire full-stack engineer jobs in san francisco?: Jobs Base aggregates listings across YC-backed startups, growth-stage companies, and selected larger companies hiring with builder-role characteristics.
What's the difference between a full-stack engineer and a regular full-stack engineer?: Jobs Base only lists builder roles. Positions where one person owns the product end-to-end. We filter out ticket-driven, narrowly-scoped roles even when the title matches. About 9% of listings scraped match this definition.