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46 Active Listings Updated December 2025

FastAPI Salary Data

Real compensation packages for FastAPI developers at high-growth startups. Based on direct data from Hacker News "Who is Hiring" threads.

Median Salary

$150,000

/year
Based on 46 verified postings

Market Range (P25 - P75)

$130,000-$175,000
Entry ($55,000)MedianTop ($2,500,000)

Top Companies Hiring

Location Distribution

Remote57%
San Francisco Bay Area2%
Other41%

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Full-Stack Senior Founding Engineer
[E]CRUNCH
$2,500,000 - $5,000,000
Full-Stack and Frontend Founding Engineers
[F]grind
$1,500,000 - $3,500,000
Senior Product Engineer
[F]grind
$260,000 - $300,000
Software Engineer and Head of Business Ops
[F]CRUNCH
$250,000 - $350,000
Senior Full Stack Engineer
[E]grind
$200,000 - $250,000
Senior ML/NLP Data Engineer
nullgrind
$200,000 - $250,000
Senior Engineers: Backend, Frontend, AI
[F]grind
$180,000 - $280,000
Senior Engineers: Backend, Frontend, AI
[E]grind
$180,000 - $280,000
Founding Engineers (Full Stack & Applied AI)
[F]grind
$175,000 - $220,000
Founding Engineers (Full Stack & Applied AI)
[F]grind
$175,000 - $220,000
Senior ML Engineer or Full Stack SDE
[F]CRUNCH
$175,000 - $200,000
Founding Engineers (Full Stack & Applied AI)
[F]grind
$175,000 - $220,000
Founding Engineers (Full Stack & Applied AI)
[F]grind
$175,000 - $220,000
Senior Backend SDE
nullgrind
$165,000 - $185,000
Senior Software Engineer (Full-stack, product)
[F]grind
$160,000 - $200,000
Senior Software Engineer
[F]grind
$160,000 - $200,000
Senior/Staff Software Engineer (full-stack)
[F]grind
$160,000 - $200,000
Founding AI Engineer + Founding Data Engineer
[F]grind
$160,000 - $220,000
Software Engineer, AI/ML
[E]grind
$160,000 - $210,000
Founding Senior Full Stack SDE
[F]CRUNCH
$160,000 - $180,000
Senior/Staff Software Engineer (full-stack)
[F]grind
$160,000 - $200,000
Lead Software Engineer
[E]grind
$150,000 - $175,000
Senior Backend Systems Engineer
[E]grind
$150,000 - $200,000
Senior Frontend/Backend Engineer
[F]stable
$150,000 - $250,000
Product Engineer (Full Stack)
[E]CRUNCH
$150,000 - $250,000
Product Engineer (Full Stack)
[E]CRUNCH
$150,000 - $250,000
Senior Product Engineer
[F]grind
$150,000 - $210,000
Senior Threat Backend Engineer
[E]grind
$149,000 - $208,000
Software Engineer - Applied AI
[F]stable
$140,000 - $180,000
Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack)
[F]CRUNCH
$140,000 - $140,000
ML/AI Engineer & Software Architect
[E]grind
$140,000 - $190,000
Senior/Staff Backend Engineer & Junior Backend Engineer
[F]grind
$140,000 - $230,000
Senior Backend Engineer
[F]CRUNCH
$130,000 - $160,000
VP of Engineering
[F]grind
$130,000 - $170,000
Founding Engineer
[F]CRUNCH
$130,000 - $160,000
Full-Stack Engineers
[E]grind
$130,000 - $180,000
Software Engineer (Python) (AI/LLM)
[E]grind
$125,000 - $150,000
Founding Engineer
[F]grind
$125,000 - $175,000
Founding Software Engineer
[F]CRUNCH
$120,000 - $252,000
Senior Backend Engineer
[E]grind
$120,000 - $140,000
Senior or Staff Backend Engineer
[E]CRUNCH
$120,000 - $175,000
Senior Software Engineer
[F]grind
$100,000 - $200,000
Frontend Software Engineer
[E]grind
$100,000 - $170,000
Founding Engineer
[F]grind
$100,000 - $150,000
Data engineer
[E]grind
$60,000 - $80,000
Backend Engineer (Python)
[F]stable
$55,000 - $85,000
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Commonly Paired With

## Market Signal (December 2025)

Top Hirers: Olli Health leads hiring for FastAPI roles with 4 active posts, followed by Cora AI.

### 🌍 Location & Remote Dynamics
Remote-Friendly: FastAPI is highly remote-friendly, with 57% of roles open to remote work. Remote Premium: Remote FastAPI roles currently fetch a 7% salary premium (median $160,000) compared to onsite positions.

### 💡 Tech Stack Context
Common Stack: 87% of FastAPI jobs also require Python, and 52% mention React.

### 💰 Compensation Analysis
The median base salary for FastAPI developers is $150,000, with top-tier roles (P75) reaching $175,000.