borong

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Series AKuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia80 peopleFounded 2020YC W20

2 open roles

Product · Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, MY
$60k–$120kApply
Engineering · Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, MY
$24k–$40kApply

Roles are read from borong’s Y Combinator every hour and disappear here as soon as they close there.

Data insights

borong hiring insights

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

Key findings

  • borong has the 2037th most open roles of 2,939 startups hiring on firsthires.live.
  • 2 open roles is 0.2× the average Series A startup here (10.3).
  • 50% of openings are in Engineering, then Product (50%).
  • Most roles are executive (50%). None are tagged for graduates or interns.
  • With a team of about 80, these openings would grow headcount by up to 3%.
  • Median posted pay of $61k is 63% below the Series A startup median ($165k).
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  • Engineering pay here (median $32k) is 83% below the market median for Engineering ($184k).
  • 100% of its roles post pay, against 42% across all listed startups.
  • 0% of its roles are fully remote (market: 23%).
  • 1 posting say they don’t sponsor visas.
  • 2 roles added in the last 30 days; 0 closed in the last 90.
  • A typical open listing here is 30 months old, against 2 months across the site.
  • Founded 6 years ago, in Y Combinator’s Winter 2020 batch.
  • Latest Form D filed January 2022.

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

  • borong 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 2,939 hiring startups
Openings per current employee
0.03

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
30 months
Oldest: 37 months

Pay

Median posted pay
$61k
Annual USD, range midpoint
Middle half of pay
$47k–$76k
25th to 75th percentile
Roles that post pay
100%
2 of 2
Mention equity
0%

Work, level and access

Fully remote
0%
Say they sponsor visas
0
1 say they don’t
Graduate and intern roles
0
Median experience asked
6 yrs

Breakdowns

Roles added per month2 roles
MayJunJulAugSeptOct
By the month firsthires.live first saw each role.
Roles by team
  1. 1Engineering150%
  2. 2Product150%
Roles by level
  1. 1Executive150%
  2. 2Mid level150%
Where the work happens
  1. 1Not stated2100%
Top cities named
  1. 1Kuala Lumpur2100%
Contract type
  1. 1Full-time2100%
Departments on the board
  1. 1Engineering150%
  2. 2Product150%
Posted pay spread (annual USD)
$24kLow$47k25th$61kMedian$76k75th$120kHigh
borong vs Series A startups (annual USD)borong median: $61k
$61kLow$115k25th$165kMedian$213k75th$213kHigh

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