Wavelength

Build Magical Customer Experiences

EarlySan Francisco, CA, USA3 peopleFounded 2023YC W24

2 open roles

Engineering · IN / Remote (IN) · Remote

Remote engineering job

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$120k–$160kApply

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

Data insights

Wavelength hiring insights

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

Key findings

  • Wavelength has the 2037th most open roles of 2,946 startups hiring on firsthires.live.
  • 2 open roles is 0.5× the average Early startup here (4.3).
  • 100% of openings are in Engineering.
  • Most roles are graduate / entry (100%). 2 roles suit graduates or interns.
  • With a team of about 3, these openings would grow headcount by up to 67%.
  • Median posted pay of $90k is 38% below the Early startup median ($145k).
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  • Engineering pay here (median $90k) is 51% below the market median for Engineering ($184k).
  • 100% of its roles post pay, against 42% across all listed startups.
  • 50% of its roles are fully remote (market: 23%).
  • 50% of postings mention equity.
  • 2 postings say they don’t sponsor visas.
  • 2 roles added in the last 30 days; 0 closed in the last 90.
  • A typical open listing here is 12 months old, against 2 months across the site.
  • Founded 3 years ago, in Y Combinator’s Winter 2024 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): 2 added, 0 closed, net +2
Week of 3 AugThis week (so far)

Momentum, explained

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

Hiring history

Roles ever listed here
2
Roles added in 30 days
2
Roles added in 90 days
2
Roles closed in 90 days
0
Tracked since
Oct 2026
Rank by open roles
#2,037
of 2,946 hiring startups
Openings per current employee
0.67

Volume and freshness

Open roles
2
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
12 months
Oldest: 12 months

Pay

Median posted pay
$90k
Annual USD, range midpoint
Middle half of pay
$65k–$115k
25th to 75th percentile
Roles that post pay
100%
2 of 2
Mention equity
50%

Work, level and access

Fully remote
50%
Say they sponsor visas
0
2 say they don’t
Graduate and intern roles
2

Breakdowns

Roles added per month2 roles
MayJunJulAugSeptOct
By the month firsthires.live first saw each role.
Roles by team
  1. 1Engineering2100%
Roles by level
  1. 1Graduate / entry2100%
Where the work happens
  1. 1Not stated150%
  2. 2Remote150%
Top cities named
  1. 1IN150%
  2. 2San Francisco150%
Contract type
  1. 1Contract150%
  2. 2Full-time150%
Departments on the board
  1. 1Engineering2100%
Posted pay spread (annual USD)
$30kLow$65k25th$90kMedian$115k75th$160kHigh
Wavelength vs Early startups (annual USD)Wavelength median: $90k
$90kLow$97k25th$145kMedian$185k75th$185kHigh

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