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How Vaxcyte hires

Truth index
A 91/100
Median time to fill
78 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
17%
Reposted roles
0%

Vaxcyte scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 29 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 17% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 78 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

Visa sponsorship

  • United States · H-1B filings in 12 months: 9 · green card filings: 2

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Overview

Vaxcyte is an American clinical-stage vaccine company based in San Carlos, California, developing broad-spectrum conjugate vaccines against bacterial diseases with a cell-free protein synthesis platform and modern synthetic chemistry. Its lead candidates are VAX-31, a 31-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine moving into a Phase 3 adult programme, and VAX-24, a 24-valent candidate in infant trials, with earlier programmes targeting Group A Strep and Shigella. It hires process, conjugation and analytical scientists, bioprocess and device engineers, validation and manufacturing systems specialists, commercial and market access leaders, pharmacovigilance and security staff.

News

Vaxcyte stock gains 1.36 percent as shares close at USD 58.92
Vaxcyte stock closed at USD 58.92 on September 21, 2026, up 1.36 percent. The latest market snapshot also shows a 52-week range for PCVX.
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Vaxcyte stock holds near USD 60.37 as estimates shift
Vaxcyte stock closed at USD 60.37 on September 17, 2026, up 2.72 percent. Yahoo Finance shows Q2 2026 EPS of -1.97 and 2027 revenue estimates at USD 87.15 million.
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News YahooFinance 1 month ago
Vaxcyte (PCVX) Brings In Pharma Veterans As Its Big Test Nears
On September 3, Vaxcyte (NASDAQ:PCVX) announced two new C-suite hires and moved up the date for its most important looming catalyst. The company said it now expects topline safety, tolerability and immunogenicity data from the VAX-31 adult Phase 3 OPUS-1
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News YahooFinance 1 month ago
Vaxcyte Appoints Chief Medical Officer and Chief Legal Officer; Narrows Guidance for Expected VAX-31 OPUS-1 Topline Data
Luis Jodar, Ph.D., Former Pfizer Chief Medical Officer for Vaccines and Infectious Diseases with Extensive Leadership Experience Across Clinical Development and Medical Affairs for Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines Prevnar 13 and Prevnar 20, Joins Vaxcyte a
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News Nasdaq 1 year ago
Vaxcyte Stock Plummets 56% in a Month: Here
The downside comes after PCVX reports mixed results from a mid-stage study on its pneumococcal vaccine in infants.
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Vaxcyte over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
54
Postings analysed
38
Stack modernity
71/100AI adopter
Languages
Python11%
PowerShell5%
SAS3%
SQL3%
Cloud & platforms
GCP8%
Okta5%
Azure5%
Azure AKS3%
AI & ML
ChatGPT11%
Claude8%
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Full Vaxcyte tech stack 54 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$175k
Typical range
$100k – $388k
Open positions
32
31 Jobs
Junior 6.5%
Middle 16.1%
Senior 35.5%
Staff 12.9%
Architect 29%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Junior 2 $137k $123k – $151k
Middle 5 $171k $152k – $171k
Senior 11 $173k $124k – $200k
Staff 4 $175k $148k – $244k
Architect 9 $250k $200k – $388k
Highest paying role Vice President, U.S. Market Access & Pricing $388k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Vaxcyte By role, level and city, against the market · 32 jobs with pay

Growth

Hiring Momentum
55/100
Growing
Open positions
39
14 opened / 15 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
76 days
faster than 16% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
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.
Science & Research
24% ▼
Early Careers
15% ▲
Industrial Engineering
12% ▲
Biotech
12% ▼
Finance
9%
MedTech
9%
Actively hiring for Science & Research (+5 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
Added Benchling to stack Oct 2026
Added LLM Guardrails to stack Oct 2026
Added CAPA to stack Oct 2026
+7 jobs in a week Oct 2026
New location: United States Oct 2026
Added Microsoft Excel to stack Oct 2026
Added Agile to stack Oct 2026
Added Proxmox VE to stack Oct 2026
Added DHCP to stack Oct 2026
Added Windows to stack Oct 2026
Added Okta to stack Oct 2026
Added Claude to stack Oct 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
3
Hiring now
2
Countries
2
Busiest office
San Carlos
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San Carlos United States
HQ
San Carlos, California
32 open roles 30 posted in 90 days 13% engineering 500-1000 est. staff $185k Avg Salary
hires for Early Careers, Biotech, MedTech
seen since Apr 2025 careers board, job postings
Visp Switzerland
Plant / site
Visp, Switzerland
5 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, Early Careers, Biotech
seen since Jun 2026 careers board, job postings
Zug Switzerland
Regional office
Zug, Switzerland
careers board

Jobs

≈ $144k – $344k per year (Estimated) · Equity · Hybrid · 10+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Visp
GMP
MedTech
CAPA
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$165k – $193k per year · Equity · In office · 13+ years exp · PhD · San Carlos
ELISA
Antibody Engineering
GMP
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$165k – $193k per year · Equity · In office · 10+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · San Carlos
PCR
ELISA
Western Blot
Mass Spectrometry
HPLC
Chromatography
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≈ $143k – $278k per year (Estimated) · Equity · Hybrid · 8+ years exp · Master's Degree · Visp
FMEA
Life Sciences
Chromatography
Bioreactors
GMP
MedTech
CAPA
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$163k – $191k per year · Equity · Hybrid · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · San Carlos
Python
SQL
PowerShell
Microsoft Fabric
DevOps
Terraform
Azure DevOps
GitHub Actions
Azure
CI/CD
GitOps
Git
Kubernetes
Azure AKS
DNS
Cybersecurity
SOC 2
Microsoft Entra ID
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$148k – $173k per year · Equity · In office · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · San Carlos
Python
PowerShell
Copilot
Claude
ChatGPT
DevOps
Proxmox VE
DNS
DHCP
Cybersecurity
Okta
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$120k – $140k per year · Equity · In office · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · San Carlos
Copilot
Claude
ChatGPT
DevOps
Windows
Cybersecurity
Okta
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$288k – $335k per year · Equity · Remote (United States) · 16+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree
Anomaly Detection
LLM Guardrails
Analytics
Master Data Management
Life Sciences
Veeva
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$219k – $256k per year · Equity · Hybrid · 12+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · San Carlos
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$183k – $214k per year · Equity · Hybrid · 14+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · San Carlos
SQL
GDPR
HIPAA
Analytics
Tableau
Management
Confluence
SharePoint
Life Sciences
Veeva
MedTech
21 CFR Part 11
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$177k – $206k per year · Equity · Hybrid · 10+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · San Carlos
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$80k – $100k per year · Hybrid · Part-Time · Master's Degree · San Carlos
Copilot
ChatGPT
Management
Zapier
Power Automate
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