Parallel Bio

Using the immune system to cure disease

Series ASan Francisco, CA, USA20 peopleFounded 2021YC S21

5 of 9 roles

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

Data insights

Parallel Bio hiring insights

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

Key findings

  • Parallel Bio has the 825th most open roles of 2,934 startups hiring on firsthires.live.
  • 9 open roles is 0.9× the average Series A startup here (10.3).
  • 56% of openings are in Engineering, then Science (22%).
  • Most roles are executive (33%). 1 role suit graduates or interns.
  • With a team of about 20, these openings would grow headcount by up to 45%.
  • Median posted pay of $155k is 6% below the Series A startup median ($165k).
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  • Engineering pay here (median $155k) is 16% below the market median for Engineering ($184k).
  • 100% of its roles post pay, against 42% across all listed startups.
  • 11% of its roles are fully remote (market: 23%).
  • 6 postings say they don’t sponsor visas.
  • 9 roles added in the last 30 days; 0 closed in the last 90.
  • A typical open listing here is 30 days old, against 2 months across the site.
  • Founded 5 years ago, in Y Combinator’s Summer 2021 batch.
  • Latest Form D filed June 2025.

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): 9 added, 0 closed, net +9
Week of 3 AugThis week (so far)

Momentum, explained

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

Hiring history

Roles ever listed here
9
Roles added in 30 days
9
Roles added in 90 days
9
Roles closed in 90 days
0
Tracked since
Oct 2026
Rank by open roles
#825
of 2,934 hiring startups
Openings per current employee
0.45

Volume and freshness

Open roles
9
Listed in the last 7 days
0
0% of open roles
Listed in the last 30 days
6
67% of open roles
Typical listing age
30 days
Oldest: 5 months

Pay

Median posted pay
$155k
Annual USD, range midpoint
Middle half of pay
$70k–$216k
25th to 75th percentile
Roles that post pay
100%
9 of 9
Mention equity
0%

Work, level and access

Fully remote
11%
Say they sponsor visas
0
6 say they don’t
Graduate and intern roles
1
Median experience asked
6 yrs

Breakdowns

Roles added per month9 roles
MayJunJulAugSeptOct
By the month firsthires.live first saw each role.
Roles by team
  1. 1Engineering556%
  2. 2Science222%
  3. 3Operations111%
  4. 4Other111%
Roles by level
  1. 1Executive333%
  2. 2Mid level333%
  3. 3Graduate / entry111%
  4. 4Manager111%
  5. 5Senior111%
Where the work happens
  1. 1Not stated889%
  2. 2Remote111%
Top cities named
  1. 1San Francisco444%
  2. 2Vienna333%
  3. 3New York222%
Contract type
  1. 1Full-time9100%
Departments on the board
  1. 1Science556%
  2. 2Operations333%
  3. 3Engineering111%
Posted pay spread (annual USD)
$43kLow$70k25th$155kMedian$216k75th$305kHigh
Parallel Bio vs Series A startups (annual USD)Parallel Bio median: $155k
$115kLow$115k25th$165kMedian$213k75th$213kHigh

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