Kardigan
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Drug Discovery
Health Care
Cardiometabolic Therapeutics
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How Kardigan hires
Truth index
B 75/100
Median time to fill
46 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
100%
Reposted roles
0%
Kardigan scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 4 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 100% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 46 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Overview
Kardigan is a clinical-stage biotechnology company based in South San Francisco that develops targeted treatments for cardiovascular disease, pursuing several late-stage candidates in parallel. Its co-founders Tassos Gianakakos, Jay Edelberg and Bob McDowell previously led MyoKardia, which developed the cardiac myosin inhibitor mavacamten and was acquired by Bristol Myers Squibb in 2020; its pipeline includes danicamtiv and tonlamarsen, and much of its team sits in Princeton, New Jersey. It hires clinical development leaders, medical science liaisons, regulatory, biostatistics and pharmacology specialists, scientists, and finance and planning staff.
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Kardigan over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
8
Postings analysed
11
Stack modernity
64/100
Languages
SAS18%
Python9%
R9%
Frameworks & libraries
Shiny9%
Cloud & platforms
GCP73%
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Full Kardigan tech stack
8 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$310k
Typical range
$159k – $416k
Open positions
29
29
Jobs
Senior
41.4%
Staff
6.9%
Architect
51.7%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | 12 | $247k | $160k – $340k |
| Staff | 2 | $188k | $159k – $216k |
| Architect | 15 | $345k | $244k – $416k |
Highest paying role
Vice President, Clinical Development, Danicamtiv (DANI)
$416k
Normalized to USD per year
Growth
Hiring Momentum
24/100
Hiring freeze
Open positions
33
0 opened / 2 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
52 days
faster than 29% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
09/29/2026
Hiring Dynamics
0%
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.
Early Careers
70% ▲
Administrative
7%
Finance
7%
Science & Research
7%
Product
3% ▲
Analytics
3% ▼
Actively hiring for Early Careers (+7 in 30 days)
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
6
Hiring now
6
Countries
1
Busiest office
South San Francisco
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South San Francisco
United States
HQ
South San Francisco, CA
6 open roles 7 posted in 90 days 17% engineering 50-200 est. staff $259k Avg Salary
hires for Early Careers, Finance, Science & Research
Princeton
United States
Regional office
Princeton, NJ
19 open roles 15 posted in 90 days 200-500 est. staff $285k Avg Salary
hires for Early Careers, Finance, Product
Chicago
United States
Regional office
Evanston, IL
2 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $348k Avg Salary
hires for Product, Early Careers
Dallas
United States
US Remote
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $335k Avg Salary
hires for Early Careers
Boston
United States
US Remote
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $345k Avg Salary
hires for Early Careers
Evanston
United States
Evanston, IL
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $185k Avg Salary
hires for Early Careers
Earlier presence
San Francisco, United States
Raleigh, United States
Jobs
$313k – $350k per year • Hybrid • 12+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Chicago
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$218k – $284k per year • Hybrid • 8+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Princeton
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