Forage

Payments powering people

Series BSan Francisco, CA, USA66 peopleFounded 2021YC S21

8 open roles

Marketing · San Francisco, United States / New York, United States

Marketing job in San Francisco · Marketing job in New York

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Engineering · San Francisco, United States / New York, United States

Engineering job in San Francisco · Engineering job in New York

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Engineering · San Francisco, United States / New York, United States

Engineering job in San Francisco · Engineering job in New York

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$185k–$210kApply
Engineering · San Francisco, United States / New York, United States

Engineering job in San Francisco · Engineering job in New York

$185k–$200kApply
Engineering · San Francisco, United States / New York, United States

Engineering job in San Francisco · Engineering job in New York

$145k–$195kApply
Engineering · San Francisco, United States

Engineering job in San Francisco

$160k–$180kApply
Operations · San Francisco, United States / New York, United States

Operations job in San Francisco · Operations job in New York

$200k–$230kApply

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

Data insights

Forage hiring insights

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

Key findings

  • Forage has the 928th most open roles of 2,932 startups hiring on firsthires.live.
  • 8 open roles is 0.6× the average Series B startup here (14.1).
  • 75% of openings are in Engineering, then Marketing (13%).
  • Most roles are senior (38%). 2 roles suit graduates or interns.
  • With a team of about 66, these openings would grow headcount by up to 12%.
  • Median posted pay of $193k is 7% above the Series B startup median ($180k).
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  • Engineering pay here (median $181k) is 1% below the market median for Engineering ($183k).
  • 63% of its roles post pay, against 42% across all listed startups.
  • 0% of its roles are fully remote (market: 23%).
  • 25% of postings mention equity.
  • 8 postings say they don’t sponsor visas.
  • 8 roles added in the last 30 days; 0 closed in the last 90.
  • A typical open listing here is 22 days old, against 2 months across the site.
  • Founded 5 years ago, in Y Combinator’s Summer 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): 8 added, 0 closed, net +8
Week of 3 AugThis week (so far)

Momentum, explained

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

Hiring history

Roles ever listed here
8
Roles added in 30 days
8
Roles added in 90 days
8
Roles closed in 90 days
0
Tracked since
Oct 2026
Rank by open roles
#928
of 2,932 hiring startups
Openings per current employee
0.12

Volume and freshness

Open roles
8
Listed in the last 7 days
0
0% of open roles
Listed in the last 30 days
6
75% of open roles
Typical listing age
22 days
Oldest: 2 months

Pay

Median posted pay
$193k
Annual USD, range midpoint
Middle half of pay
$170k–$198k
25th to 75th percentile
Roles that post pay
63%
5 of 8
Mention equity
25%

Work, level and access

Fully remote
0%
Say they sponsor visas
0
8 say they don’t
Graduate and intern roles
2
Median experience asked
5 yrs

Breakdowns

Roles added per month8 roles
MayJunJulAugSeptOct
By the month firsthires.live first saw each role.
Roles by team
  1. 1Engineering675%
  2. 2Marketing113%
  3. 3Operations113%
Roles by level
  1. 1Senior338%
  2. 2Graduate / entry225%
  3. 3Manager225%
  4. 4Mid level113%
Where the work happens
  1. 1Not stated8100%
Top cities named
  1. 1San Francisco788%
  2. 2New York113%
Contract type
  1. 1Full-time8100%
Departments on the board
  1. 1Engineering675%
  2. 2Marketing113%
  3. 3Operations113%
Posted pay spread (annual USD)
$145kLow$170k25th$193kMedian$198k75th$230kHigh
Forage vs Series B startups (annual USD)Forage median: $193k
$130kLow$130k25th$180kMedian$228k75th$228kHigh

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