Dalus

AI-Powered Hardware System Design Software

EarlySan Francisco, CA, USA3 peopleFounded 2025YC W25

3 open roles

Engineering · San Francisco, CA, US / Munich, BY, DE / Munich, Bavaria, DE / Melbourne, VIC, AU / Melbourne, Victoria, AU / Remote · Remote

Remote engineering job · Engineering job in San Francisco

$80k–$170kApply
Sales · Munich, BY, DE / Munich, Bavaria, DE / San Francisco, CA, US / Melbourne, VIC, AU / Melbourne, Victoria, AU / Remote · Remote

Remote sales job · Sales job in San Francisco

$37k–$52kApply
Engineering · San Francisco, CA, US / Los Angeles, CA, US / Melbourne, VIC, AU / Munich, BY, DE / Remote (DE) · Remote

Remote engineering job · Engineering job in San Francisco

€70k–€90kApply

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

Data insights

Dalus hiring insights

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

Key findings

  • Dalus has the 1751st most open roles of 2,948 startups hiring on firsthires.live.
  • 3 open roles is 0.7× the average Early startup here (4.3).
  • 67% of openings are in Engineering, then Sales (33%).
  • Most roles are senior (67%). 1 role suit graduates or interns.
  • With a team of about 3, these openings would grow headcount by up to 100%.
  • Median posted pay of $86k is 40% below the Early startup median ($145k).
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  • Engineering pay here (median $106k) is 42% below the market median for Engineering ($183k).
  • 100% of its roles post pay, against 42% across all listed startups.
  • 100% of its roles are fully remote (market: 23%).
  • 33% of postings mention equity.
  • 3 roles added in the last 30 days; 0 closed in the last 90.
  • A typical open listing here is 4 months old, against 2 months across the site.
  • Founded 1 year ago, in Y Combinator’s Winter 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): 3 added, 0 closed, net +3
Week of 3 AugThis week (so far)

Momentum, explained

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

Hiring history

Roles ever listed here
3
Roles added in 30 days
3
Roles added in 90 days
3
Roles closed in 90 days
0
Tracked since
Oct 2026
Rank by open roles
#1,751
of 2,948 hiring startups
Openings per current employee
1.00

Volume and freshness

Open roles
3
Listed in the last 7 days
0
0% of open roles
Listed in the last 30 days
1
33% of open roles
Typical listing age
4 months
Oldest: 5 months

Pay

Median posted pay
$86k
Annual USD, range midpoint
Middle half of pay
$66k–$106k
25th to 75th percentile
Roles that post pay
100%
3 of 3
Mention equity
33%

Work, level and access

Fully remote
100%
Say they sponsor visas
0
Graduate and intern roles
1
1 internships
Median experience asked
5 yrs

Breakdowns

Roles added per month3 roles
MayJunJulAugSeptOct
By the month firsthires.live first saw each role.
Roles by team
  1. 1Engineering267%
  2. 2Sales133%
Roles by level
  1. 1Senior267%
  2. 2Internship133%
Where the work happens
  1. 1Remote3100%
Top cities named
  1. 1San Francisco267%
  2. 2Munich133%
Contract type
  1. 1Full-time267%
  2. 2Internship133%
Departments on the board
  1. 1Engineering267%
  2. 2Sales133%
Posted pay spread (annual USD)
$37kLow$66k25th$86kMedian$106k75th$170kHigh
Dalus vs Early startups (annual USD)Dalus median: $86k
$86kLow$97k25th$145kMedian$185k75th$185kHigh

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