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Promise Salary

Promise pays a median of $184K ($179K–$198K) across 10 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $179K–$198K salary range

Median: $184K  ·  Based on 10 public Promise job postings  ·  Updated October 8, 2026


This Promise 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

Promise · pay benchmark · updated October 8, 2026
$184K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$179K–$198K
Typical range
$240K view JD
Highest base · Software Engineering Lead (AI)
10
Open roles
~5 yrs
Typical exp.
+2
5 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 80% of roles mention equity · options
Highest-paying skills
Less $192K

Highest-paying open roles at Promise

Promise salary by location

  • San Francisco: $196K median · $240K top base — Software Engineering Lead (AI) (view JD) (6 roles)

Remote work at Promise

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

What Promise looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Kubernetes (1) · Terraform (1) · CI/CD (1).

About Promise

Promise is Series B stage · 51–100 employees · founded 2017 · HQ Oakland, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Promise

Roles typically ask for around 5 years of experience (up to 6+ for the most senior).

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; 80% of these postings reference equity (options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Promise total compensation signals

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

Promise hiring activity

Promise has 10 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 10 public job postings with disclosed pay. 2 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (5 in the last 90).

💼 Similar companies hiring

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

CompanyMedian payvs PromiseStage
Airwallex$200K↑ +9%Series G
Adyen$212K↑ +15%Public
Affirm$225K↑ +22%Public
Navan$150K↓ -18%Public
Stripe$224K↑ +22%Series I
Flywire$117K↓ -36%Public

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Common questions

What does Promise pay?
The median pay is $184K, with a typical range of $179K–$198K, based on 10 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Promise?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Software Engineering Lead (AI), at $210K–$240K base.

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 10 public Promise 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 8, 2026.

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