authzed

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Series ANew York City, NY, USA; Remote31 peopleFounded 2021YC W21

5 open roles

$130k–$160kApply
Salary not postedApply
Engineering · United States · Remote

Remote engineering job

$150k–$190kApply
Engineering · United States · Remote

Remote engineering job

$150k–$195kApply
$140k–$170kApply

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

Data insights

authzed hiring insights

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

Key findings

  • authzed has the 1277th most open roles of 2,946 startups hiring on firsthires.live.
  • 5 open roles is 0.5× the average Series A startup here (10.3).
  • 100% of openings are in Engineering.
  • Most roles are senior (80%). None are tagged for graduates or interns.
  • With a team of about 31, these openings would grow headcount by up to 16%.
  • Median posted pay of $163k is 2% below the Series A startup median ($165k).
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  • Engineering pay here (median $163k) is 11% below the market median for Engineering ($183k).
  • 80% of its roles post pay, against 42% across all listed startups.
  • 100% of its roles are fully remote (market: 23%).
  • 100% of postings mention equity.
  • 5 roles added in the last 30 days; 0 closed in the last 90.
  • A typical open listing here is 47 days old, against 2 months across the site.
  • Founded 5 years ago, in Y Combinator’s Winter 2021 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): 5 added, 0 closed, net +5
Week of 3 AugThis week (so far)

Momentum, explained

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

Hiring history

Roles ever listed here
5
Roles added in 30 days
5
Roles added in 90 days
5
Roles closed in 90 days
0
Tracked since
Oct 2026
Rank by open roles
#1,277
of 2,946 hiring startups
Openings per current employee
0.16

Volume and freshness

Open roles
5
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
47 days
Oldest: 9 months

Pay

Median posted pay
$163k
Annual USD, range midpoint
Middle half of pay
$153k–$171k
25th to 75th percentile
Roles that post pay
80%
4 of 5
Mention equity
100%

Work, level and access

Fully remote
100%
Say they sponsor visas
0
Graduate and intern roles
0
Median experience asked
3 yrs

Breakdowns

Roles added per month5 roles
MayJunJulAugSeptOct
By the month firsthires.live first saw each role.
Roles by team
  1. 1Engineering5100%
Roles by level
  1. 1Senior480%
  2. 2Mid level120%
Where the work happens
  1. 1Remote5100%
Top cities named
  1. 1United States5100%
Contract type
  1. 1Full-time5100%
Departments on the board
  1. 1Engineering360%
  2. 2Product120%
  3. 3Revenue120%
Posted pay spread (annual USD)
$130kLow$153k25th$163kMedian$171k75th$195kHigh
authzed vs Series A startups (annual USD)authzed median: $163k
$115kLow$115k25th$165kMedian$213k75th$213kHigh

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