Giga Salary

💰 $250K–$350K salary range

Median: $290K  ·  Based on 30 public Giga job postings  ·  Updated June 10, 2026

This Giga salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect base salary only (equity is separate) and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

Highest-paying open roles at Giga

• Staff Backend Engineer — $290K–$400K · Engineering
• Founding Engineering Manager — $210K–$400K · Engineering
• Staff Mobile Engineer — $200K–$400K · Engineering
• Senior Backend Engineer — $200K–$400K · Engineering
• Director, Legal — $280K–$320K · Strategy & Operations
• Senior Backend Infrastructure Engineer — $200K–$400K · Engineering

Giga salary by department

• Engineering: $350K median (20 roles)
• Sales: $300K median (3 roles)
• Strategy & Operations: $208K median (6 roles)

Giga salary by seniority

• Mid: $250K median (9)
• Senior: $350K median (11)
• Staff: $400K median (5)

Giga salary by location

• New York: $350K median (8 roles)

Remote work at Giga

6% of Giga's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Giga looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (7) · TypeScript (5) · Node.js (5) · Django (5) · FastAPI (5) · PostgreSQL (5) · AWS (5) · Kubernetes (5) · Next.js (4) · React (3).

Benefits & perks at Giga

Commonly listed: vision (14) · mental-health (14) · 401k (14) · commuter (14) · food (14) · gym (4) · parental (2).

About Giga

Giga is Series A stage · 11–50 employees · founded 2023 · HQ San Francisco, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Giga

Roles typically ask for around 4 years of experience (up to 8+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 1 that do, Master's is most common.

Base salary vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are base salary only. Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 70% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Giga hiring activity

Giga has 29 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 30 public job postings with disclosed pay. 5 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (30 in the last 90).

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• Flock — median $131K
• Axon Intelligence — median $134K
• Lila Sciences — median $234K
• Zip Security — median $210K
• Sellics — median $110K
• Etched — median $275K

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Common questions

What does Giga pay?
The median base salary is $290K, with a typical range of $250K–$350K, based on 30 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Giga?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Staff Backend Engineer, at $290K–$400K base.

Which team pays the most at Giga?
The Engineering team, at a $350K median.

Where does this data come from?
Public job postings on company career pages and public job boards — no private placement or client data.

Methodology

USD base salary aggregated from 30 public Giga job postings (2025–2026). Range = 25th–75th percentile; median = 50th percentile. Roles, departments, skills, and experience are parsed from the postings. Base salary only — equity excluded. Last refreshed June 10, 2026.

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