What jobs is Y Combinator hiring for right now?

As of Oct 17, 2026, Y Combinator has 5 open jobs on Alion. 5 of them state a salary (100%). They are posted in one city. 2 allow remote or hybrid work.

Source: Alion Coverage: open vacancies from the employer's own careers board Oct 17, 2026
Open jobs
5
With salary
5 (100%)
Cities
1
Posted in 30 days
1
Median age
50 days

What Y Combinator posted in the last two weeks

Posted in 14 days
1
Busiest day
1 Oct 8, 2026
Days with postings
1 / 14
Oct 4, 2026: 0 posted Oct 5, 2026: 0 posted Oct 6, 2026: 0 posted Oct 7, 2026: 0 posted Oct 8, 2026: 1 posted Oct 9, 2026: 0 posted Oct 10, 2026: 0 posted Oct 11, 2026: 0 posted Oct 12, 2026: 0 posted Oct 13, 2026: 0 posted Oct 14, 2026: 0 posted Oct 15, 2026: 0 posted Oct 16, 2026: 0 posted Oct 17, 2026: 0 posted
Oct 4, 2026 weekend Oct 17, 2026

Which roles Y Combinator is hiring for

5 Jobs
Leadership 2 40%
Backend 1 20%
QA 1 20%
DevOps 1 20%

Where Y Combinator is hiring

How the work at Y Combinator is set up

Work format
In office 3 60%
Remote 2 40%
Level
Lead 2 40%
Senior 2 40%
Junior 1 20%
Employment
Full-Time 5 100%

Salaries in Y Combinator vacancies

5 of 5 vacancies state a salary (100%). The range below is built from those 5 stated figures only, never from an estimate.

Lower quartile
$200k
Median
$220k
Upper quartile
$250k
$200k$250k

All salaries at Y Combinator

Open vacancies at Y Combinator

$180k – $250k per year • In office • Full-Time • 6+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • New York
Python
Rust
TypeScript
SQL
ClickHouse
Apache Iceberg
Delta Lake
DuckDB
KDB+
AI/ML
Airflow
Dagster
AI Agents
Time Series Forecasting
Apply
$150k – $220k per year • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • 6+ years exp • New York
Terraform
Ansible
CI/CD
Linux
Apply
$150k – $200k per year • In office • Full-Time • 6+ years exp • New York
Python
Go
Java
Rust
C++
CI/CD
Apply
$115k – $200k per year • In office • Full-Time • 1+ year exp • Bachelor's Degree • New York
Python
Rust
TypeScript
SQL
Dagster
Analytics
ETL/ELT
Apply
$200k – $250k per year • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • 6+ years exp • New York
Java
Rust
C++
CI/CD
Incident Management
Apply

Questions about jobs at Y Combinator

Is Y Combinator hiring right now?

Yes. As of Oct 17, 2026, Y Combinator has 5 open jobs on Alion.

What roles does Y Combinator hire for?

Y Combinator is hiring mostly for Leadership, Backend, QA. The largest group is Leadership with 2 open vacancies.

How much does Y Combinator pay?

100% of vacancies at Y Combinator state a salary. Across those 5 stated figures the range runs from $200k to $250k, with a median of $220k.

Where does Y Combinator hire?

Y Combinator has open vacancies in 1 places, most of all in New York.

Does Y Combinator offer remote work?

Yes. 2 of the open vacancies at Y Combinator allow remote or hybrid work, which is 40% of the board.

How long have Y Combinator vacancies been open?

Half have been on Alion for 50 days or less. 0 vacancies at Y Combinator have been listed for more than 90 days, and postings of that age are far more often out of date.

How do you apply to Y Combinator?

Y Combinator accepts applications through Work at a Startup, so the form opens on that system rather than on Alion.

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