Lightfield Salary

💰 $220K–$300K salary range

Median: $270K  ·  Based on 32 public Lightfield job postings  ·  Updated June 10, 2026

This Lightfield 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 Lightfield

• Engineering Manager, Infrastructure — $250K–$350K · Engineering
• Tech Lead, Infrastructure — $200K–$350K · Engineering
• Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Product & Systems — $200K–$300K · Engineering
• Full Stack Engineer, Product & Systems — $150K–$300K · Engineering
• Machine Learning Engineer, Applied Research and Model Development — $180K–$270K · Engineering
• Machine Learning Engineer, GenAI Platform — $180K–$270K · Engineering

Lightfield salary by department

• Engineering: $300K median (22 roles)
• GTM: $220K median (8 roles)

Lightfield salary by seniority

• Mid: $260K median (20)
• Lead: $220K median (6)

Lightfield salary by location

• San Francisco: $260K median (24 roles)
• Remote: $325K median (8 roles)

Remote work at Lightfield

27% of Lightfield's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly. Remote roles run a $325K median vs $270K onsite.

What Lightfield looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: PostgreSQL (16) · TypeScript (12) · Node.js (12) · React (10) · Next.js (10) · GraphQL (10) · AWS (2).

Benefits & perks at Lightfield

Commonly listed: medical (30) · dental (30) · 401k (30) · pto (30) · parental (30).

About Lightfield

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

Experience & background at Lightfield

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 4 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; 100% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Lightfield hiring activity

Lightfield has 32 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 32 public job postings with disclosed pay. 20 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (32 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does Lightfield pay?
The median base salary is $270K, with a typical range of $220K–$300K, based on 32 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Lightfield?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Engineering Manager, Infrastructure, at $250K–$350K base.

Which team pays the most at Lightfield?
The Engineering team, at a $300K 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 32 public Lightfield 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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