Startup Engineer Jobs in New York
NYC startup engineer roles cluster at fintech, B2B SaaS, and the AI startup scene. Compensation is competitive with SF for senior roles. Office expectation is usually 3-day hybrid; pre-seed often defaults to 5-day. The talent pool here skews more "ex-big-finance" than SF, which shapes the type of startup-engineer hire. Engineers comfortable with regulated environments, structured release processes, and direct customer contact.
5 active median salary $300k
| 1. | Founding AI/ML Engineer / Startup / $500k+ / NYC (Open Talent) New York, United States | $500,000/yr | hybrid | full-time | lead | llms, rag, agentic systems | 6mo ago |
| 2. | Full Stack Engineer (Underdog.io -Apply to top tech jobs in 60 seconds. A place where companies apply to you) New York, New York, United States | hybrid | full-time | mid | react, django, full stack development | 6mo ago |
| 3. | Full Stack Engineer (Mentor Talent Acquisition) New York, New York, United States | on-site | full-time | mid | typescript, postgresql, llm | 6mo ago |
| 4. | New York, New York, United States | $250,000 – $300,000/yr | hybrid | full-time | lead | python, fastapi, react | 6mo ago |
| 5. | Founding Engineer (Recruiting from Scratch) New York, New York, United States | $170,000 – $185,000/yr | hybrid | full-time | lead | python, django, typescript | 6mo ago |
Frequently asked questions
- What does a startup engineer in new york earn?
- NYC base salaries track close to SF for senior builder roles, and the city has a heavier mix of fintech, healthtech, and enterprise-AI startups than the Bay. The typical band for a startup engineer runs $120k–$200k base + early-stage equity.
- Are startup engineer jobs in new york remote-friendly?
- 0 of the current 5 listings (0%) allow remote work; the rest are on-site or hybrid in New York.
- What companies hire startup engineer jobs in new york?
- 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 startup engineer and a regular startup 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.