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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light RFP Inc. | Founding Engineer & Data Scientist | New York, NY | $150000 | H-1B1 | Sep 24, 2025 |
| Voxology AI Inc | Founding Engineer | Austin, TX | $150000 | H-1B | May 5, 2026 |
| Tessera Labs Corporation | Founding Engineer | San Jose, CA | $150000 | H-1B | Nov 7, 2025 |
| Tessera Labs Corporation | Founding Engineer | San Jose, CA | $150000 | H-1B | Nov 4, 2025 |
| Tessera Labs Corporation | Founding Engineer | San Jose, CA | $150000 | H-1B | Nov 10, 2025 |
| PointOne Technologies, Inc. | Founding Engineer | New York, NY | $150000 | H-1B | Jul 2, 2025 |
| Klavis AI, Inc. | Founding Engineer | Santa Clara, CA | $150000 | H-1B | Aug 13, 2025 |
| Laborup, Inc. | Founding Engineer (Software Engineer) | Nashville, TN | $150000 | H-1B | Sep 9, 2025 |
| Mooncake Labs Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $150000 | H-1B | Mar 21, 2025 |
| Intelliga Corporation | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $150000 - $150100 | H-1B | May 14, 2025 |
| Caro Technologies Inc. | Founding Engineer | Daly City, CA | $150000 - $180000 | H-1B | Jun 17, 2024 |
| Tusk AI, Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $150000 | H-1B1 | May 24, 2024 |
| GetVector, Inc. | Founding Engineer | Waltham, MA | $150000 | H-1B | Apr 15, 2024 |
| AppAnzen, Inc. | Founding Engineer | Pleasanton, CA | $150000 - $180000 | H-1B | Jun 29, 2024 |
| Grepr Inc. | Senior Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $150000 - $250000 | H-1B | Jan 9, 2024 |
| Caro Technologies Inc. | Founding Engineer | Palo Alto, CA | $150000 - $180000 | H-1B | Jul 31, 2024 |
| CTI API Inc | Founding Engineer | Brooklyn, NY | $150000 | H-1B | Jun 7, 2023 |
| Supercharge Software, Inc. | Founding Engineer | Seattle, WA | $150000 | H-1B | May 5, 2022 |
| PREKARI LABS INC. | FOUNDING ENGINEER | Los Altos, CA | $150000 | H-1B | Apr 25, 2019 |
| PREKARI LABS INC. | FOUNDING ENGINEER | Los Altos, CA | $150000 | H-1B | Apr 25, 2019 |
| PREKARI LABS INC. | FOUNDING ENGINEER | San Mateo, CA | $150000 | H-1B | May 22, 2019 |
| WINGS SOFTWARE, INC. | FOUNDING ENGINEER | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $150000 - $190000 | H-1B | Mar 14, 2017 |
| EzDubs, Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $147368 | H-1B | May 28, 2024 |
| Lemi, Inc. | Founding Engineer | Mountain View, CA | $146500 - $166500 | H-1B | Apr 29, 2025 |
| Triad Labs Inc | Founding Engineer | San Jose, CA | $146307 | H-1B | May 12, 2025 |
| Mooncake Labs Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $145000 | H-1B | Apr 8, 2025 |
| Kumo.ai, Inc. | Founding Engineer | Sunnyvale, CA | $145000 - $165000 | H-1B | Nov 8, 2024 |
| Lever AI Inc. | Founding Engineer | Manhattan Beach, CA | $145000 - $155000 | E-3 | Jan 13, 2024 |
| RelicX, Inc. | Founding Engineer (Backend) | Menlo Park, CA | $144726 - $210000 | H-1B | Aug 20, 2021 |
| Apricus International LLC | Founding Engineer | Arlington, VA | $143000 | H-1B | Oct 12, 2024 |
| Kumo.ai, Inc. | Founding Engineer | Mountain View, CA | $142000 - $162000 | H-1B | Feb 8, 2022 |
| Try Saga Inc. | DevOps Founding Engineer | Pittsburgh, PA | $140754 | H-1B | Jun 16, 2026 |
| Cognisos, Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $140000 | H-1B | May 21, 2026 |
| Cognisos, Inc. | Founding Engineer | Belvedere Tiburon, CA | $140000 | H-1B | Mar 23, 2026 |
| Sameday AI, Inc. | Founding Engineer | Pleasant Grove, UT | $140000 | H-1B | May 29, 2026 |
| Lasso Solutions, Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $140000 - $150000 | H-1B | Apr 28, 2025 |
| OpenPipe, Inc. | Founding Engineer | Bellevue, WA | $140000 - $200000 | H-1B | May 19, 2025 |
| nCompass Technologies Inc. | Founding Engineer | New York, NY | $140000 | H-1B | Jun 13, 2025 |
| Glyf Space, Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Jose, CA | $140000 | H-1B | May 15, 2024 |
| Lever AI Inc. | Founding Engineer | Manhattan Beach, CA | $140000 - $150000 | E-3 | Jan 19, 2024 |
| nEYE Systems, Inc. | Founding Engineer | Berkeley, CA | $140000 - $150000 | H-1B | Apr 14, 2023 |
| HARNESS, INC. | FOUNDING ENGINEER | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $140000 - $180000 | H-1B | Jul 7, 2017 |
| WINGS SOFTWARE, INC. | FOUNDING ENGINEER | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $140000 - $180000 | H-1B | Feb 22, 2017 |
| Lamics, Inc. | Founding Engineer | Troy, MI | $139000 | H-1B | May 7, 2026 |
| TRANSPOSIT CORPORATION | FOUNDING ENGINEER | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $136000 - $160000 | H-1B | Oct 18, 2017 |
| Cable Street Labs Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $135699 - $150000 | H-1B1 | Feb 25, 2026 |
| Soma Lab, Inc. | Founding Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $135699 - $150000 | H-1B | Jun 2, 2026 |
| Nexusflow.ai Inc. | Founding Engineer | Palo Alto, CA | $135283 - $160000 | H-1B | Apr 19, 2024 |
| Skywalk Inc. | Founding Engineer, Data & ML | San Mateo, CA | $135000 | H-1B | May 8, 2026 |
| Complete Omics Inc | Computational Biologist (Founding Engineer) | Baltimore, MD | $135000 | H-1B | Jun 17, 2026 |
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