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Kikoff Salary

Kikoff Salary

Kikoff pays a median of $203K ($155K–$268K) across 52 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $155K–$268K salary range

Median: $203K  ·  Based on 52 public Kikoff job postings  ·  Updated October 21, 2026


This Kikoff 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

Kikoff · pay benchmark · updated October 21, 2026
$203K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$155K–$268K
Typical range
$392K view JD
Highest base · Staff Machine Learning Engineer
52
Open roles
~5 yrs
Typical exp.
+19
37 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 38% of roles mention equity · rsu
IC salary by seniority
Senior
$268K (12)
Staff
$330K (5)
Management pay by function
Product
$203K (2)
Business
$149K (3)
Salary by department · median & top base
engineering
$290K · $392K top (14)
marketing
$185K · $200K top (8)
finance
$170K · $275K top (5)
business
$151K · $265K top (6)
Highest-paying skills
CI/CD $330KAWS $312KPython $295KRuby $295KGo $191KSnowflake $170KAmplitude $125K

Highest-paying open roles at Kikoff

Kikoff salary by department

  • engineering: $290K median · $392K top base — Staff Machine Learning Engineer (view JD) (14 roles)
  • marketing: $185K median · $200K top base — Senior Lifecycle Marketing Manager (view JD) (8 roles)
  • finance: $170K median · $275K top base — Senior Director - FP&A (view JD) (5 roles)
  • business: $151K median · $265K top base — Director, Business Development, Financial Services Marketplace (view JD) (6 roles)

Kikoff engineering & product salary by seniority

  • Senior: $268K median · $321K top base — Senior Security Engineer, Application Security (view JD) (12)
  • Staff: $330K median · $392K top base — Staff Machine Learning Engineer (view JD) (5)

Kikoff salary by location

  • San Francisco: $240K median · $392K top base — Staff Machine Learning Engineer (view JD) (43 roles)

Remote work at Kikoff

8% of Kikoff's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Kikoff looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (8) · SQL (8) · Ruby (7) · Go (5) · Product Roadmap (4) · User Stories (4) · CI/CD (3) · GAAP (3) · Snowflake (3) · Tableau (3).

Benefits & perks at Kikoff

Commonly listed: dental (5) · medical (3) · vision (3) · 401k (3) · pto (3) · gym (1).

About Kikoff

Kikoff is Series B stage · 101–250 employees · founded 2019 · HQ San Francisco, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Kikoff

Roles typically ask for around 5 years of experience (up to 12+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 3 that do, Bachelor's and Associate'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; 38% of these postings reference equity (rsu). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Kikoff total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 20% include commission; on-target earnings run about $110K where stated (3 roles); common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Kikoff hiring activity

Kikoff has 52 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 52 public job postings with disclosed pay. 19 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (37 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 4 contract roles in the mix.

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Common questions

What does Kikoff pay?
The median pay is $203K, with a typical range of $155K–$268K, based on 52 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Kikoff?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Staff Machine Learning Engineer, at $336K–$392K base.

Which team pays the most at Kikoff?
The engineering team, at a $290K 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 52 public Kikoff 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 October 21, 2026.

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