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Hark Salary

Hark pays a median of $225K ($210K–$311K) across 44 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $210K–$311K salary range

Median: $225K  ·  Based on 44 public Hark job postings  ·  Updated June 19, 2026


This Hark 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

Hark · pay benchmark · updated June 19, 2026
$225K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$210K–$311K
Typical range
$450K view JD
Highest base · Mobile iOS Engineer
44
Open roles
~5 yrs
Typical exp.
+9
44 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 2% of roles mention equity
IC salary by seniority
Mid
$210K (10)
Senior
$285K (21)
Staff
$315K (5)
Salary by department · median & top base
ai foundation models
$315K · $450K top (6)
product engineering
$285K · $450K top (8)
embedded software
$210K · $300K top (5)
hardware engineering
$210K · $300K top (8)
Highest-paying skills
Machine Learning $315KGo $285KLLMs $285KPython $210K

Highest-paying open roles at Hark

Hark salary by department

  • ai foundation models: $315K median · $450K top base — Member of Technical Staff, Multimodal Speech (view JD) (6 roles)
  • product engineering: $285K median · $450K top base — Mobile iOS Engineer (view JD) (8 roles)
  • embedded software: $210K median · $300K top base — Embedded Application Engineer (view JD) (5 roles)
  • hardware engineering: $210K median · $300K top base — Hardware Test Engineer (view JD) (8 roles)

Hark salary by seniority

  • Mid: $210K median · $300K top base — Model Distillation Engineer (view JD) (10)
  • Senior: $285K median · $450K top base — Member of Technical Staff, Multimodal Speech (view JD) (21)
  • Staff: $315K median · $450K top base — Mobile iOS Engineer (view JD) (5)

What Hark looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (8) · Rust (4) · PyTorch (4) · Go (3) · Kubernetes (2) · CI/CD (2) · Java (2) · Kotlin (2) · Swift (1) · Kafka (1).

About Hark

Hark is Series A stage · 11–50 employees · founded 2025 · HQ San Jose, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Hark

Roles typically ask for around 5 years of experience (up to 10+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 9 that do, Bachelor's and Master's are 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; 2% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Hark total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Hark hiring activity

Hark has 44 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 44 public job postings with disclosed pay. 9 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (44 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 1 contract role in the mix.

💼 Similar companies hiring

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

CompanyMedian payvs HarkStage
Google$200K↓ -11%Public
SpaceX$135K↓ -40%Series D
Accenture Federal Services$154K↓ -32%Venture-backed
OpenAI$308K↑ +37%Late Stage
Esri$126K↓ -44%
Databricks$215K↓ -5%Series J

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Common questions

What does Hark pay?
The median pay is $225K, with a typical range of $210K–$311K, based on 44 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Hark?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Mobile iOS Engineer, at $180K–$450K base.

Which team pays the most at Hark?
The ai foundation models team, at a $315K 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 44 public Hark 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 19, 2026.

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