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Startup jobs on Hacker News - Who is hiring, and how demand trends

How demand for Startup trended in Hacker News 'Who is hiring?' posts since 2011: a live monthly mention chart in share and raw counts, plus the real job postings behind every bar.

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Postings mentioning it
16,673
This month (Oct 2026 so far)
24
Peak month
Sep 2021 (163)
Mention remote
42%
16,673
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Job postings

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Monthly Startup job postings in the Hacker News Who is hiring? thread, one bar per calendar month since 2011. Narrow the window, add another skill to compare, and click any month to read the postings behind the bar.

Startup job postings for October 2026 (so far)

  1. Paulyonewaytech · hiring in Oct 2026 · read the thread · view on HN

    Early-stage Startup | Software Engineer & Data Analyst | Full-Time | REMOTE (US & Canada) | $150,000 - $180,000 USD We’re hiring for two roles: a strong generalist Software Engineer and a Data Analyst. For the Software Engineer role, we’re looking for someone with solid technical…

  2. crawshaw · hiring in Oct 2026 · read the thread · view on HN

    exe.dev | onsite | SF Bay Area | Full-time designer Come own and build a brand at a Series A startup.

  3. stoole · hiring in Oct 2026 · read the thread · view on HN

    Postscript | Senior Full Stack Engineer | REMOTE (US or Canada) | $180k-$200k + Equity Postscript powers SMS marketing and automated revenue for over 20k Shopify merchants. XXXM revenue. Pushing out new AI-native product lines, including rebuilding our entire platform in rust…

  4. mernaemara · hiring in Oct 2026 · read the thread · view on HN

    …signals include founding founding-engineer experience, meaningful startup ownership, or experience scaling products at strong engineering companies before moving into a smaller high-ownership environment. The Applied AI team also owns substantial model evaluation work as new…

  5. reimertz · hiring in Oct 2026 · read the thread · view on HN

    HIFI Labs ( https: hifilabs.co ) | Equity + Salary | San Francisco Remote (PST) | Senior Fullstack Engineer Engineering Manager Americas Join HIFI Labs and work on innovative projects with well known and iconic musicians. Past artist activations include Bruno Mars, John Legend,…

Some popular Startup job postings

The Startup job postings that drew the most discussion in 2026.

  1. meetalbert · hiring in Jun 2026 · 12 replies · read the thread · view on HN

    …employee tenure is 3.6 years, a number you almost never see in startup tech, and one we're quietly proud of. People stay because the work is good, the people are sharp, and we've built something worth staying for. Now we're building net-new consumer products from zero, and we're…

  2. poketmunsta · hiring in May 2026 · 5 replies · read the thread · view on HN

    Stealth Startup | Founding Engineer | NYC (in-person 5x week) | Full-Time The mission We’re building a best-in-class multi-modal AI agent product (voice + SMS + email) with the potential to disrupt deeply entrenched software businesses and unify a fragmented industry. We’re a…

  3. fiiico · hiring in May 2026 · 4 replies · read the thread · view on HN

    …team. This for high ownership, ideally for people with prior startup experience or previous founder founding team: Full-Stack Frontend AI Engineer — https: matcha.fm apply fse Backend Engineer — https: matcha.fm apply be Design — https: matcha.fm apply design Product — https:…

  4. vpfaulkner · hiring in Jan 2026 · 3 replies · read the thread · view on HN

    Blackbird | Dev Shop | Remote (US or Europe) | Contract Blackbird builds web + mobile apps for startups and innovative companies. We work on interesting, greenfield projects, and rely on small, veteran teams who have lots of autonomy. Everyone is a remote contractor, and our work…

  5. theunixbeard · hiring in Mar 2026 · 3 replies · read the thread · view on HN

    Empire Flippers | Remote (no office), all timezones | Full-time | https: empireflippers.com Empire Flippers is a true global-remote company with travel in our DNA and employees scattered across 5 continents and all sorts of countries. Since I joined 6 years ago, I've personally…

What the Startup hiring trend shows

This page charts how often Startup appears in the monthly Hacker News 'Who is hiring?' thread, one bar per calendar month across the whole history. Switch between share mode - Startup's slice of the market each month - and raw counts for absolute hiring volume, narrow the window to the last year, 5 or 10 years, and click any month to read the actual postings that mention Startup: the companies, the seniority, and the rest of the stack they ask for.

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