Founding Engineer salaries
303 H-1B & PERM records for "Founding Engineer", sourced from U.S. Department of Labor disclosures.
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$179672
Average Salary
$59000
Minimum
$748800
Maximum
| Employer | Role | Location | Salary | Program | Filing Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MICRO1 INC. | Founding Engineer | Mountain View, CA | $215000 | H-1B | Apr 17, 2026 |
| Datawizz, Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $215000 | H-1B | Dec 23, 2025 |
| Kinetic Systems and Technologies, Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $215000 - $235000 | H-1B | Apr 18, 2026 |
| Datawizz, Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $215000 | H-1B | Jun 22, 2026 |
| Collate Inc | Founding Engineer/Sr. Software Engineer | Menlo Park, CA | $215000 | H-1B | Mar 2, 2022 |
| Snorkel AI, Inc. | Founding Engineer & Head of Platform | Palo Alto, CA | $215000 | H-1B | Oct 8, 2019 |
| Altara Technologies, Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $214000 - $255000 | H-1B | Feb 18, 2026 |
| Coal Creek AI, Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $213512 - $250000 | E-3 | Dec 15, 2025 |
| Stryder Corporation | Founding Engineer, Handshake AI Enterprise | San Francisco, CA | $210000 | H-1B | Jun 23, 2026 |
| Adapt API, Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $210000 - $230000 | H-1B | Apr 22, 2026 |
| Polynomic Inc. | Founding Engineer | New York, NY | $210000 | H-1B | Feb 25, 2026 |
| NetBox Labs, Inc. | AI Founding Engineer | Brooklyn, NY | $207000 - $239000 | E-3 | Jun 25, 2025 |
| NetBox Labs, Inc. | AI Founding Engineer | Brooklyn, NY | $207000 - $239000 | E-3 | Jun 24, 2025 |
| Waystation AI, Inc. | Founding Engineer | Redwood City, CA | $206315 - $224000 | H-1B | Mar 5, 2025 |
| Waystation AI, Inc. | Founding Engineer | Redwood City, CA | $206315 - $224000 | H-1B | Mar 7, 2025 |
| Accelos Inc | Founding Engineer | San Mateo, CA | $205000 - $225000 | H-1B | Sep 11, 2025 |
| Trata, Inc. | Founding Engineer | New York, NY | $200000 | H-1B | Apr 14, 2026 |
| Sycamore Labs Inc. | Founding Engineer | Palo Alto, CA | $200000 | H-1B | May 28, 2026 |
| Artie Technologies Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $200000 | H-1B1 | May 26, 2026 |
| Chakra Digital Labs, Inc. | Software Developer (Founding Engineer) | Brooklyn, NY | $200000 | H-1B | Jun 10, 2026 |
| Reactor Technologies, Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $200000 | H-1B | Dec 8, 2025 |
| Metriport Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $200000 | H-1B | Apr 21, 2026 |
| Solvea Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $200000 | H-1B1 | Nov 14, 2025 |
| LlamaIndex Inc. | Founding Engineer | Allen, TX | $200000 | H-1B | Nov 18, 2024 |
| Workmate Labs Inc | Founding Engineer, AI | Jersey City, NJ | $200000 | H-1B | Sep 3, 2024 |
| Guardrail, Inc. | Founding Engineer | Henderson, NV | $200000 | H-1B | Jan 27, 2025 |
| RelicX, Inc. | Founding Engineer (Backend) | $200000 - $230000 | Green Card | Sep 6, 2023 | |
| Bench Computing Inc. | Founding Engineer | Palo Alto, CA | $200000 | H-1B | Feb 7, 2025 |
| Scifin, Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Jose, CA | $200000 - $250000 | H-1B | Oct 15, 2024 |
| Workmate Labs Inc | Founding Engineer, AI | New York, NY | $200000 | H-1B | Aug 29, 2024 |
| Sawmills.ai Inc. | Senior Backend Founding Engineer | Stanford, CA | $200000 | H-1B | May 1, 2024 |
| RelicX, Inc. | Founding Engineer (Backend) | Menlo Park, CA | $200000 | H-1B | Jul 17, 2023 |
| Convex Research, Inc. | Founding Engineer | Plainsboro, NJ | $200000 | H-1B1 | Aug 23, 2023 |
| COOKIE.AI, INC. | FOUNDING ENGINEER (SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER) | FREMONT, CA | $200000 | H-1B | Jan 14, 2021 |
| Publish AI, Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $197000 - $203000 | H-1B | Feb 13, 2026 |
| Publish AI, Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $197000 - $203000 | H-1B | Feb 13, 2026 |
| CTGT, Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $195000 - $205000 | H-1B | Sep 16, 2025 |
| WideField Security Inc | Founding Engineer | Santa Clara, CA | $191886 - $191887 | H-1B | Apr 20, 2026 |
| Sphinx Labs, Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $190000 | H-1B | Mar 30, 2026 |
| Potrero Labs, Inc. | Founding Engineer | Burlingame, CA | $190000 - $220000 | H-1B | May 12, 2025 |
| YMTM Inc. | Founding Engineer | Brooklyn, NY | $190000 | H-1B | Apr 21, 2026 |
| YMTM Inc. | Founding Engineer | Brooklyn, NY | $190000 | H-1B | May 7, 2026 |
| YMTM Inc. | Founding Engineer | Brooklyn, NY | $190000 | H-1B | Jun 9, 2026 |
| Closure Intelligence, Inc. | Founding Engineer | New York, NY | $190000 | H-1B | Apr 13, 2026 |
| Create, Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $190000 | H-1B | Apr 16, 2025 |
| CurieTech Inc. | Founding Engineer | Sunnyvale, CA | $190000 | H-1B | Nov 29, 2023 |
| Grepr Inc. | Mid-level Frontend Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $190000 | H-1B | May 10, 2024 |
| METAPHOR DATA INC | Founding Engineer (Software Engineer, III) | Menlo Park, CA | $190000 | Green Card | Mar 30, 2022 |
| Baseten Labs, Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $190000 | H-1B | Dec 30, 2019 |
| Baseten Labs, Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $190000 | H-1B | Jan 4, 2020 |
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