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Grindr Salary

Grindr Salary

Grindr pays a median of $187K ($175K–$215K) across 22 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $175K–$215K salary range

Median: $187K  ·  Based on 22 public Grindr job postings  ·  Updated July 1, 2026


This Grindr 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

Grindr · pay benchmark · updated July 1, 2026
$187K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$175K–$215K
Typical range
$315K view JD
Highest base · Senior Staff MLOps Engineer
22
Open roles
~7 yrs
Typical exp.
+2
22 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 5% of roles mention equity
IC salary by seniority
Senior
$186K (6)
Staff
$200K (13)
Salary by department · median & top base
engineering
$209K · $315K top (12)
product
$184K · $245K top (6)
Pay by location
San Francisco $188K (7)Chicago $178K (4)New York $130K (3)
Highest-paying skills
Snowflake $240KSpark $238KPython $237KMachine Learning $237KAWS $222KEmbeddings $188KGo $187KREST $187K

Highest-paying open roles at Grindr

Grindr salary by department

  • engineering: $209K median · $315K top base — Senior Staff MLOps Engineer (view JD) (12 roles)
  • product: $184K median · $245K top base — Senior Staff Product Manager, Ads (view JD) (6 roles)

Grindr salary by seniority

  • Senior: $186K median · $250K top base — Health Regulatory Counsel (view JD) (6)
  • Staff: $200K median · $315K top base — Senior Staff MLOps Engineer (view JD) (13)

Grindr salary by location

  • San Francisco: $188K median · $315K top base — Senior Staff MLOps Engineer (view JD) (7 roles)
  • Chicago: $178K median · $248K top base — Senior Engineering Manager (view JD) (4 roles)
  • New York: $130K median · $200K top base — Senior Manager, Financial Reporting & Technical Accounting (view JD) (3 roles)

Remote work at Grindr

0% of Grindr's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Grindr looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (7) · AWS (5) · Snowflake (5) · Kubernetes (4) · Docker (4) · GCP (4) · PyTorch (3) · Spark (3) · Airflow (3) · Java (3).

About Grindr

Grindr is Public stage · 101–250 employees · founded 2009 · HQ West Hollywood, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Grindr

Roles typically ask for around 7 years of experience (up to 10+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 2 that do, Bachelor's is most common.

Posted pay vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are the midpoint of each posting's advertised salary range (which, for commission roles, includes on-target earnings). Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 5% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Grindr total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 100% of roles list a bonus. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Grindr hiring activity

Grindr has 22 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 22 public job postings with disclosed pay. 2 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (22 in the last 90).

💼 Similar companies hiring

Compare Grindr's pay with companies in the same space:

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IonQ$164K↓ -12%Public
LA28$102K↓ -46%
Adyen$194K↑ +4%Public
Twilio$165K↓ -11%Public
Air Apps$120K↓ -36%Series B
Verve$101K↓ -46%Public

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Common questions

What does Grindr pay?
The median pay is $187K, with a typical range of $175K–$215K, based on 22 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Grindr?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Senior Staff MLOps Engineer, at $190K–$315K base.

Which team pays the most at Grindr?
The engineering team, at a $209K 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

Posted-range midpoints (USD) aggregated from 22 public Grindr 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 July 1, 2026.

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