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Funding and backers

Total raised
$2M
1 round on record
Latest round
$2M
Venture round · Dec 2021 · 4 yr ago
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
The money's age
Long since its last round
58 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
0/100
no fresh signals
Last sign of life
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
Dec 6, 2021 Raised a round Venture round $2M · SEC Form D
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Venture round Dec 2021 $2M — SEC Form D
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
Legal entity GOLDEN STATE COMPANY, LLC SEC Form D
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Charles KoonesExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Todd KlawinDirectorSEC Form D

Overview

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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Golden State Dev over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
24
Postings analysed
11
Stack modernity
77/100
Languages
Python27%
SQL18%
TypeScript9%
JavaScript9%
Frameworks & libraries
Keras9%
Next.js9%
React.js9%
Scikit-learn9%
XGBoost9%
TensorFlow9%
Databases
Google BigQuery9%
PostgreSQL9%
Cloud & platforms
GCP27%
AWS9%
Azure9%
Developer tools
Adobe Photoshop36%
Microsoft Excel18%
Synopsys PrimeTime18%
Adobe Premiere Pro9%
Git9%
Rest API9%
dbt9%
Practices & domains
ETL/ELT18%
CI/CD9%
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Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$73k
Typical range
$42k – $153k
Open positions
11
9 Jobs
Junior 11.1%
Middle 55.6%
Architect 33.3%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Junior 1 $46k $46k
Middle 5 $70k $42k – $153k
Architect 3 $115k $100k – $139k
Highest paying role Data Engineer $153k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Golden State Dev By role, level and city, against the market · 11 jobs with pay

People

Charles Koones
Executive Officer, Director
Todd Klawin
Director
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Growth

Hiring Momentum
93/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
12
9 opened / 11 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
24 days
faster than 52% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
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.
Sales
33% ▲
Administrative
11%
Marketing
11% ▼
Operations
11% ▼
Finance
8% ▼
Data Science
6%
Actively hiring for Sales (+5 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
Added Outlook to stack Oct 2026
Added YouTube to stack Sep 2026
Added X (Twitter) to stack Sep 2026
Added Instagram to stack Sep 2026
Added Adobe Premiere Pro to stack Sep 2026
New location: Santa Cruz Sep 2026
Added Microsoft Excel to stack Sep 2026
Added Windows to stack Sep 2026
Added Microsoft Office to stack Sep 2026
New location: Oakland Sep 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
5
Hiring now
3
Countries
1
Busiest office
San Francisco
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El Segundo United States
HQ
San Francisco United States
Sales office
500 Terry A. Francois Blvd
11 open roles 26 posted in 90 days 9% engineering 50-200 est. staff $84k Avg Salary
hires for Sales, Operations, Data Science
seen since Feb 2026 careers board, job postings
Oakland United States
Regional office
1011 Broadway
2 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $115k Avg Salary
hires for Sales, Operations
seen since Feb 2026 careers board, job postings
Santa Cruz United States
Sales office
Santa Cruz Warriors
1 open roles 9 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $73k Avg Salary
hires for Sales
seen since Aug 2026 careers board, job postings
Los Angeles United States
Regional office
Los Angeles
careers board

Jobs

$144k – $153k per year · In office · Full-Time · 4+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · San Francisco
Python
SQL
Google BigQuery
AI/ML
dbt
DevOps
GCP
CI/CD
Analytics
ETL/ELT
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Financials

Total raised
$2M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Venture - Series Unknown 2021 $2M Details