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open roles
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1
Y Combinator
Momentum
15/100
in the news
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this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Mar 19, 2025
Released an app Candle: Couples & Relationship · App Store
Mar 2025
Website went live first capture in the Wayback Machine
Oct 2024
Went through Y Combinator
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 0.15%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
App Store
4.8 ★
11k ratings
Hacker News stories
1
best: 2 points
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News
This Pumpkin Chai Scented Candle From Amazon Is 'So Evocative of Fall' & on Sale Right Now Ahead of Prime Day
If you're looking for your new favorite fall scent, here it is! This candle has so many great reviews from shoppers who say it's their new go-to.
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You Don't Need A Blowtorch To Light a Birthday Candle
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Burning Money
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Keeping the Candle Lit
Motivation always fades half way through. The trick is to find a pattern, a rhythm. Small consistent steps you can take minimizing mental strain will get you there.
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Introducing the Candle Subsea Cable, Updates to Our Asia-Pacific Connectivity Projects
We're introducing Candle, a new submarine cable connecting countries across East Asia and Southeast Asia. We're also announcing several updates to our subsea cables across the Asia-Pacific, includi…
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The New Candle Cable System Project
subsea cables, internet infrastructure, telecom infrastructure, 2Africa, new subsea cable projects, layer 1 pricing on key international routes,
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Candle over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
23
Postings analysed
2
Stack modernity
88/100AI adopter
Languages
JavaScript
Swift
TypeScript
Frameworks & libraries
React Native
SwiftUI
React.js
Cloud & platforms
AWS
Expo
Figma
Framer
Sentry
Anthropic
OpenAI
Replicate
Developer tools
Claude Code
Cursor
ProtoPie
Git
Rest API
AI & ML
Claude
GPT-5
Gemini
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$180k
Typical range
$108k – $260k
Open positions
3
3
Jobs
Intern
33.3%
Junior
33.3%
Staff
33.3%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intern | 1 | $108k | $108k |
| Junior | 1 | $260k | $260k |
| Staff | 1 | $180k | $180k |
Highest paying role
Core Product Designer
$260k
Normalized to USD per year
Growth
Hiring Momentum
58/100
Growing
Open positions
3
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
10/16/2026
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Backend
33% ▼
Design
33% ▼
Marketing
33% ▲
Activity Timeline
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Added Discord to stack
Sep 2026
Added AWS to stack
Sep 2026
Added X (Twitter) to stack
Sep 2026
Added Rive to stack
Sep 2026
Added OpenAI to stack
Aug 2026
Added GPT-5 to stack
Aug 2026
Added Anthropic to stack
Aug 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
San Francisco
San Francisco
United States
HQ
3 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 33% engineering $183k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, Design, Marketing
Jobs
$78k – $108k per year • Hybrid • Internship • San Francisco
JavaScript
TypeScript
Swift
Cursor
Claude
Claude Code
Gemini
Replicate
OpenAI
Anthropic
GPT-5
Frontend
React.js
Mobile
SwiftUI
React Native
Expo
DevOps
Rest API
Git
AWS
QA
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$170k – $260k per year • Equity 0.1–0.5% • In office • Full-Time • 1+ year exp • San Francisco
JavaScript
Swift
React.js
Mobile
SwiftUI
React Native
Design
Figma
ProtoPie
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