AnswerThis

End-to-end workspace to accelerate scientific discovery

EarlySan Francisco, CA, USA6 peopleFounded 2025YC F25

2 open roles

Technical Staff · San Francisco · Onsite

Engineering job in San Francisco

$170k–$240kApply
Salary not postedApply

Roles are read from AnswerThis’s Ashby every hour and disappear here as soon as they close there.

Data insights

AnswerThis hiring insights

Counted from every role read from its board, compared with every startup listed on firsthires.live.

Key findings

  • AnswerThis has the 2037th most open roles of 2,950 startups hiring on firsthires.live.
  • 2 open roles is 0.5× the average Early startup here (4.3).
  • 50% of openings are in Engineering, then Marketing (50%).
  • Most roles are mid level (100%). None are tagged for graduates or interns.
  • With a team of about 6, these openings would grow headcount by up to 33%.
  • Median posted pay of $205k is 41% above the Early startup median ($145k).
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  • Engineering pay here (median $205k) is 12% above the market median for Engineering ($183k).
  • 50% of its roles post pay, against 42% across all listed startups.
  • 50% of its roles are fully remote (market: 24%).
  • 100% of postings mention equity.
  • 2 roles added in the last 30 days; 0 closed in the last 90.
  • A typical open listing here is 56 days old, against 2 months across the site.
  • Founded 1 year ago, in Y Combinator’s Fall 2025 batch.

Hiring momentum

Momentum score50out of 100Too little data

50 is flat. Blends the 4-week change, the 12-week trend and net roles added.

Added, last 4 weeks
00%
vs 0 in the 4 weeks before
Added last week
00%
Week before: 0
Weekly trend
+0.00
Roles/week, per week · R² 0.00
Net roles, 4 weeks
+0
0 added − 0 closed
Forecast this week
0
Holt exponential smoothing
Average week
0.0
σ 0.0 · CV —
4-week refresh rate
0%
New roles ÷ open roles
4-week churn
0%
Closed roles ÷ open roles
Median time listed
>90 days
0% close within 30 days
Roles added and closed per weekAddedClosed4-week avg
Week of 3 Aug: 0 added, 0 closed, net +0Week of 10 Aug: 0 added, 0 closed, net +0Week of 17 Aug: 0 added, 0 closed, net +0Week of 24 Aug: 0 added, 0 closed, net +0Week of 31 Aug: 0 added, 0 closed, net +0Week of 7 Sept: 0 added, 0 closed, net +0Week of 14 Sept: 0 added, 0 closed, net +0Week of 21 Sept: 0 added, 0 closed, net +0Week of 28 Sept: 0 added, 0 closed, net +0Week of 5 Oct: 0 added, 0 closed, net +0Week of 12 Oct: 0 added, 0 closed, net +0Week of 19 Oct: 0 added, 0 closed, net +0Week of 26 Oct (so far): 2 added, 0 closed, net +2
Week of 3 AugThis week (so far)

Momentum, explained

  • AnswerThis hasn’t added enough roles in the last few months to read a trend yet.

Hiring history

Roles ever listed here
2
Roles added in 30 days
2
Roles added in 90 days
2
Roles closed in 90 days
0
Tracked since
Oct 2026
Rank by open roles
#2,037
of 2,950 hiring startups
Openings per current employee
0.33

Volume and freshness

Open roles
2
Listed in the last 7 days
0
0% of open roles
Listed in the last 30 days
0
0% of open roles
Typical listing age
56 days
Oldest: 56 days

Pay

Median posted pay
$205k
Annual USD, range midpoint
Middle half of pay
$205k–$205k
25th to 75th percentile
Roles that post pay
50%
1 of 2
Mention equity
100%

Work, level and access

Fully remote
50%
Say they sponsor visas
0
Graduate and intern roles
0

Breakdowns

Roles added per month2 roles
MayJunJulAugSeptOct
By the month firsthires.live first saw each role.
Roles by team
  1. 1Engineering150%
  2. 2Marketing150%
Roles by level
  1. 1Mid level2100%
Where the work happens
  1. 1Onsite150%
  2. 2Remote150%
Top cities named
  1. 1San Francisco150%
  2. 2United States150%
Contract type
  1. 1Full-time2100%
Departments on the board
  1. 1Growth150%
  2. 2Technical Staff150%
Posted pay spread (annual USD)
$170kLow$205k25th$205kMedian$205k75th$240kHigh
AnswerThis vs Early startups (annual USD)AnswerThis median: $205k
$97kLow$97k25th$145kMedian$185k75th$205kHigh

Pay is each role’s posted range converted to annual US dollars, midpoint. See every AnswerThis role.