Craftwork

Digital-native home painting franchise

Series ACharlotte, NC, USA50 peopleFounded 2023YC S23

2 open roles

Design · Charlotte, NC, US
$37k–$44kApply
Engineering · Charlotte, NC, US / Remote (US) · Remote

Remote engineering job

$170k–$210kApply

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

Data insights

Craftwork hiring insights

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

Key findings

  • Craftwork has the 2037th most open roles of 2,940 startups hiring on firsthires.live.
  • 2 open roles is 0.2× the average Series A startup here (10.3).
  • 50% of openings are in Design, then Engineering (50%).
  • Most roles are internship (50%). 1 role suit graduates or interns.
  • With a team of about 50, these openings would grow headcount by up to 4%.
  • Median posted pay of $115k is 30% below the Series A startup median ($165k).
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  • Design pay here (median $41k) is 74% below the market median for Design ($156k).
  • 100% of its roles post pay, against 42% across all listed startups.
  • 50% of its roles are fully remote (market: 23%).
  • 50% of postings mention equity.
  • 2 postings 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 18 days old, against 2 months across the site.
  • Founded 3 years ago, in Y Combinator’s Summer 2023 batch.
  • Latest Form D filed November 2023.

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

  • Craftwork 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 2,940 hiring startups
Openings per current employee
0.04

Volume and freshness

Open roles
2
Listed in the last 7 days
1
50% of open roles
Listed in the last 30 days
2
100% of open roles
Typical listing age
18 days
Oldest: 30 days

Pay

Median posted pay
$115k
Annual USD, range midpoint
Middle half of pay
$78k–$153k
25th to 75th percentile
Roles that post pay
100%
2 of 2
Mention equity
50%

Work, level and access

Fully remote
50%
Say they sponsor visas
0
2 say they don’t
Graduate and intern roles
1
1 internships
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. 1Design150%
  2. 2Engineering150%
Roles by level
  1. 1Internship150%
  2. 2Mid level150%
Where the work happens
  1. 1Not stated150%
  2. 2Remote150%
Top cities named
  1. 1Charlotte2100%
Contract type
  1. 1Full-time150%
  2. 2Internship150%
Departments on the board
  1. 1Design150%
  2. 2Engineering150%
Posted pay spread (annual USD)
$37kLow$78k25th$115kMedian$153k75th$210kHigh
Craftwork vs Series A startups (annual USD)Craftwork median: $115k
$115kLow$115k25th$165kMedian$213k75th$213kHigh

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