Haystack

Delivery Analytics for Software Teams

EarlySan Francisco, CA, USA; Remote6 peopleFounded 2021YC W21

3 open roles

Marketing · Remote (US) · Remote

Remote marketing job

$36k–$96kApply
Engineering · Remote · Remote

Remote engineering job

Salary not postedApply
Engineering · Remote · Remote

Remote engineering job

Salary not postedApply

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

Data insights

Haystack hiring insights

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

Key findings

  • Haystack has the 1752nd most open roles of 2,949 startups hiring on firsthires.live.
  • 3 open roles is 0.7× the average Early startup here (4.2).
  • 67% of openings are in Engineering, then Marketing (33%).
  • Most roles are mid level (67%). None are tagged for graduates or interns.
  • With a team of about 6, these openings would grow headcount by up to 50%.
  • Median posted pay of $66k is 54% below the Early startup median ($145k).
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  • 33% of its roles post pay, against 42% across all listed startups.
  • 100% of its roles are fully remote (market: 23%).
  • 1 posting say they don’t sponsor visas.
  • 3 roles added in the last 30 days; 0 closed in the last 90.
  • A typical open listing here is 24 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): 3 added, 0 closed, net +3
Week of 3 AugThis week (so far)

Momentum, explained

  • Haystack 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
#1,752
of 2,949 hiring startups
Openings per current employee
0.50

Volume and freshness

Open roles
3
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
24 months
Oldest: 24 months

Pay

Median posted pay
$66k
Annual USD, range midpoint
Middle half of pay
$66k–$66k
25th to 75th percentile
Roles that post pay
33%
1 of 3
Mention equity
0%

Work, level and access

Fully remote
100%
Say they sponsor visas
0
1 say they don’t
Graduate and intern roles
0
Median experience asked
6 yrs

Breakdowns

Roles added per month3 roles
MayJunJulAugSeptOct
By the month firsthires.live first saw each role.
Roles by team
  1. 1Engineering267%
  2. 2Marketing133%
Roles by level
  1. 1Mid level267%
  2. 2Senior133%
Where the work happens
  1. 1Remote3100%
Contract type
  1. 1Full-time267%
  2. 2Contract133%
Departments on the board
  1. 1Engineering267%
  2. 2Marketing133%
Posted pay spread (annual USD)
$36kLow$66k25th$66kMedian$66k75th$96kHigh
Haystack vs Early startups (annual USD)Haystack median: $66k
$66kLow$97k25th$145kMedian$185k75th$185kHigh

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