Fractional

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Series ASan Francisco, CA, USA; Remote10 peopleFounded 2021YC W21

4 open roles

Engineering · San Francisco, CA, US / New York, NY, US

Engineering job in San Francisco · Engineering job in New York

$165k–$185kApply
Engineering · New York, NY, US / Remote (US) · Remote

Remote engineering job · Engineering job in New York

$160k–$185kApply
Engineering · New York, NY, US / Remote (US) · Remote

Remote engineering job · Engineering job in New York

$160k–$185kApply
Engineering · New York, NY / Remote · Remote

Remote engineering job · Engineering job in New York

$140k–$185kApply

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

Data insights

Fractional hiring insights

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

Key findings

  • Fractional has the 1487th most open roles of 2,946 startups hiring on firsthires.live.
  • 4 open roles is 0.4× the average Series A startup here (10.3).
  • 100% of openings are in Engineering.
  • Most roles are staff (75%). None are tagged for graduates or interns.
  • With a team of about 10, these openings would grow headcount by up to 40%.
  • Median posted pay of $173k is 5% above the Series A startup median ($165k).
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  • Engineering pay here (median $173k) is 6% below the market median for Engineering ($183k).
  • 100% of its roles post pay, against 42% across all listed startups.
  • 75% of its roles are fully remote (market: 23%).
  • 3 postings say they sponsor visas.
  • 4 roles added in the last 30 days; 0 closed in the last 90.
  • A typical open listing here is 49 months 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): 4 added, 0 closed, net +4
Week of 3 AugThis week (so far)

Momentum, explained

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

Hiring history

Roles ever listed here
4
Roles added in 30 days
4
Roles added in 90 days
4
Roles closed in 90 days
0
Tracked since
Oct 2026
Rank by open roles
#1,487
of 2,946 hiring startups
Openings per current employee
0.40

Volume and freshness

Open roles
4
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
49 months
Oldest: 61 months

Pay

Median posted pay
$173k
Annual USD, range midpoint
Middle half of pay
$170k–$173k
25th to 75th percentile
Roles that post pay
100%
4 of 4
Mention equity
0%

Work, level and access

Fully remote
75%
Say they sponsor visas
3
1 say they don’t
Graduate and intern roles
0
Median experience asked
5 yrs

Breakdowns

Roles added per month4 roles
MayJunJulAugSeptOct
By the month firsthires.live first saw each role.
Roles by team
  1. 1Engineering4100%
Roles by level
  1. 1Staff375%
  2. 2Mid level125%
Where the work happens
  1. 1Remote375%
  2. 2Not stated125%
Top cities named
  1. 1New York375%
  2. 2San Francisco125%
Contract type
  1. 1Full-time4100%
Departments on the board
  1. 1Engineering4100%
Posted pay spread (annual USD)
$140kLow$170k25th$173kMedian$173k75th$185kHigh
Fractional vs Series A startups (annual USD)Fractional median: $173k
$115kLow$115k25th$165kMedian$213k75th$213kHigh

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