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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caro Technologies Inc. | Founding Engineer | Palo Alto, CA | $188000 - $225000 | H-1B | May 4, 2026 |
| AgentbaseAI Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $188000 - $230000 | H-1B | May 6, 2026 |
| Artie Technologies Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $188000 | H-1B | Apr 15, 2026 |
| Lumena Systems, Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $188000 | H-1B | May 28, 2026 |
| Parsed Systems, Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $187574 - $100 | E-3 | Sep 5, 2025 |
| Build Pipelines, Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $187574 - $213512 | H-1B | Dec 9, 2025 |
| Solvea, Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $187574 - $300000 | H-1B | Apr 17, 2026 |
| Runtm, Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $187200 | H-1B | May 14, 2026 |
| WideField Security Inc | Founding Engineer | Santa Clara, CA | $187073 - $190000 | H-1B | Apr 30, 2024 |
| Perpetuity Technologies Inc | Founding Engineer | New York, NY | $185000 | H-1B | Apr 9, 2026 |
| Potrero Labs, Inc. | Founding Engineer | Burlingame, CA | $185000 - $210000 | H-1B | Nov 21, 2023 |
| BoloAI Inc. | Founding Engineer | Palo Alto, CA | $185000 - $220000 | H-1B | May 28, 2024 |
| Garage Technologies, Inc. | Founding Engineer | New York, NY | $185000 | H-1B | Aug 30, 2024 |
| Garage Technologies, Inc. | Founding Engineer | New York, NY | $185000 | H-1B | Aug 28, 2024 |
| Shapley, Inc. | Founding Engineer | Palo Alto, CA | $184662 - $250000 | H-1B | Nov 16, 2023 |
| Kumo.ai, Inc. | Founding Engineer | Mountain View, CA | $184500 - $204500 | H-1B | Apr 1, 2022 |
| Luminary Cloud, Inc. | Founding Engineer | Redwood City, CA | $183310 - $253000 | H-1B | Mar 6, 2023 |
| Axilla, Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $181272 - $235000 | E-3 | Apr 12, 2024 |
| CHAT ANALYTICS, INC. | FOUNDING ENGINEER/DEVELOPER | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $180960 - $200000 | H-1B | Jun 16, 2025 |
| CHAT ANALYTICS, INC. | FOUNDING ENGINEER (SOFTWARE ENGINEER) | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $180960 - $200000 | H-1B | Jun 17, 2025 |
| Fetchfox, Inc. | Founding Engineer (Software Development) | Oakland, CA | $180960 - $200000 | H-1B | Feb 21, 2025 |
| Noremac Media Group, Inc. | Founding Engineer - Platform (Full stack) | Memphis, TN | $180710 - $250000 | H-1B | Feb 4, 2026 |
| Thorin AI, Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $180000 - $275000 | H-1B | Apr 28, 2026 |
| Shor Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $180000 | H-1B | May 15, 2026 |
| Accelos Inc | Founding Engineer | San Mateo, CA | $180000 - $200000 | H-1B | Sep 30, 2025 |
| Brainbase Labs, Inc. | Founding Engineer | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $180000 | H-1B | May 13, 2026 |
| Simbian, Inc. | Founding Engineer | Dublin, CA | $180000 | H-1B | May 31, 2024 |
| Promeed Inc. | Founding Engineer | New York, NY | $180000 - $210000 | H-1B | Oct 13, 2023 |
| Modern Recruiting, Inc. | Founding Engineer | Hayward, CA | $180000 | H-1B | Dec 27, 2022 |
| Claypot AI Inc. | Founding Engineer (Computer and Info Research Sci… | Highland Park, NJ | $180000 | H-1B | May 25, 2023 |
| Claypot AI Inc. | Founding Engineer (Computer and Info Research Sci… | Highland Park, NJ | $179920 | H-1B | May 25, 2023 |
| Roivant Sciences, Inc. | Founding Engineer, Roivant Health | New York, NY | $175000 | H-1B | May 4, 2026 |
| Curta Technologies, Inc | Founding Engineer | PALO ALTO, CA | $175000 | H-1B | May 22, 2026 |
| BURNT Group, Corp. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $175000 | H-1B | Nov 18, 2025 |
| Accelos Inc | Founding Engineer | Apex, NC | $175000 - $195000 | H-1B | Jan 6, 2026 |
| Vals AI, Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $175000 | H-1B | Mar 17, 2025 |
| QIKR AI INC | Founding Engineer | CUPERTINO, CA | $175000 | H-1B | Jan 31, 2025 |
| Flint Technologies Inc. | Founding Engineer & CEO | San Francisco, CA | $175000 | H-1B1 | Jul 1, 2025 |
| Preemptive Security, Inc. | Founding Engineer | Coconut Grove, FL | $175000 | H-1B | Jun 2, 2025 |
| Grepr Inc. | Senior Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $175000 - $250000 | H-1B | Dec 29, 2023 |
| Grepr Inc. | Senior Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $175000 - $250000 | H-1B | Jan 8, 2024 |
| Turnstile Software LLC | Senior Software Engineer (Founding Engineer) | San Francisco, CA | $175000 | H-1B | Apr 29, 2022 |
| Turnstile Software Inc. | Senior Software Engineer (Founding Engineer) | San Francisco, CA | $175000 | H-1B | May 3, 2022 |
| JIKA INC DOT | Founding Engineer/Backend Engineer | Mountain View, CA | $175000 | H-1B | Nov 3, 2021 |
| JIKA INC DOT | Founding Engineer/Backend Engineer | Mountain View, CA | $175000 | H-1B | Nov 16, 2021 |
| COOKIE.AI, INC. | FOUNDING ENGINEER (SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER) | Sunnyvale, CA | $175000 | H-1B | Jan 27, 2021 |
| HARNESS INC | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $175000 | Green Card | Oct 31, 2019 |
| KloudDB LLC | Founding Engineer | Fremont, CA | $174678 | H-1B | Sep 20, 2021 |
| BespokeLabs.AI, Inc. | Founding Engineer | Mountain View, CA | $172931 - $250000 | H-1B | Apr 25, 2025 |
| DealOps Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $170000 - $180000 | H-1B | Apr 14, 2026 |
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