How many founding team jobs are open right now?

There are 51 open founding team jobs at 31 companies on Hiring Right Now as of Nov 14, 2026. 2 of them were posted in the last seven days. The list is rebuilt every hour from the employers' own careers pages.

Which companies have the most founding team jobs?

Right now the most openings are at Magic (6), Pallet (6), OpenAI (3), Alan (3) and CodeRabbit (2). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.

Are there remote founding team jobs?

5 of the 51 open founding team jobs (10%) are listed as remote. Remote roles are often limited to certain countries or time zones, so check the location line of each job.

What do founding team jobs pay?

The median advertised salary is $190K, based on 30 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $162K and $265K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay.

How do I apply for founding team jobs?

Open a job and press “Apply on company site”. You go straight to the employer's own careers page and apply there. Hiring Right Now needs no account and charges nothing for applying.

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Q: What is a founding team job?

In a founding team job, a person joins a startup among its first employees and builds the product, or a whole function, from nothing. 51 such roles are open on Hiring Right Now as of Nov 14, 2026.

Founding team: a person in this job joins a startup among its first employees and builds the product, or a whole function, from nothing. Magic, Pallet, OpenAI, Alan and Airwallex have the most open roles with “Founding team” or a close variant in the title right now.

51 open roles · 2 posted in the last 7 days · 10% remote · 31 companies hiring · $190K median advertised salary · checked Nov 14 against employer career pages

What these jobs pay30 of them state a yearly range in US dollars (bands in thousands). The orange column holds the median, $190K.

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Period	Count
under $75K	0
$75K to $100K	1
$100K to $125K	1
$125K to $150K	1
$150K to $175K	7
$175K to $200K	7
$200K to $250K	3
$250K to $300K	6
$300K and more	4

Three numbersOut of 51 open jobs in this list.

Can be done from home10%5 of 51 jobs

State the pay63%32 of 51 jobs

Are for beginners0%0 of 51 jobs

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Software development

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Skills asked for in founding team roles

LLM6 · 12%Python5 · 10%SQL4 · 8%Go3 · 6%TypeScript3 · 6%HubSpot3 · 6%Looker2 · 4%

Bars show the share of these 51 roles; one role can count in several rows.

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Questions about founding team jobs

What is a founding team job?: In a founding team job, a person joins a startup among its first employees and builds the product, or a whole function, from nothing. 51 such roles are open on Hiring Right Now as of Nov 14, 2026.
How many founding team jobs are open right now?: There are 51 open founding team jobs at 31 companies on Hiring Right Now as of Nov 14, 2026. 2 of them were posted in the last seven days. The list is rebuilt every hour from the employers' own careers pages.
Which companies have the most founding team jobs?: Right now the most openings are at Magic (6), Pallet (6), OpenAI (3), Alan (3) and CodeRabbit (2). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
Are there remote founding team jobs?: 5 of the 51 open founding team jobs (10%) are listed as remote. Remote roles are often limited to certain countries or time zones, so check the location line of each job.
What do founding team jobs pay?: The median advertised salary is $190K, based on 30 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $162K and $265K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay.
How do I apply for founding team jobs?: Open a job and press “Apply on company site”. You go straight to the employer's own careers page and apply there. Hiring Right Now needs no account and charges nothing for applying.

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