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X9 Salary

X9 Salary

X9 pays a median of $202K ($154K–$230K) across 29 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $154K–$230K salary range

Median: $202K  ·  Based on 29 public X9 job postings  ·  Updated July 1, 2026


This X9 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

X9 · pay benchmark · updated July 1, 2026
$202K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$154K–$230K
Typical range
$422K view JD
Highest base · Head of ML/AI Exploration, Architecture, & Engineering
29
Open roles
~6 yrs
Typical exp.
+6
29 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 90% of roles mention equity
IC salary by seniority
Mid
$133K (7)
Senior
$212K (7)
Salary by department · median & top base
software engineering
$216K · $422K top (14)
Highest-paying skills
PyTorch $215KTensorFlow $210KPython $205KDeep Learning $205KMachine Learning $200KGCP $199K

Highest-paying open roles at X9

X9 salary by department

  • software engineering: $216K median · $422K top base — Head of ML/AI Exploration, Architecture, & Engineering (view JD) (14 roles)

X9 salary by seniority

  • Mid: $133K median · $244K top base — Software Engineer, Materra, X (view JD) (7)
  • Senior: $212K median · $261K top base — Senior Software Engineer, Data Pipelines, Specialized Professional Intelligence (view JD) (7)

What X9 looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (15) · GCP (13) · CI/CD (6) · PyTorch (5) · TensorFlow (5) · AWS (4) · Terraform (4) · Kubernetes (3) · LangChain (2) · Azure (2).

About X9

X9 is Late Stage stage · 11–50 employees · founded 1995 · HQ Wallingford, Connecticut. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at X9

Roles typically ask for around 6 years of experience (up to 12+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 18 that do, PhD and Master's and Bachelor'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; 90% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

X9 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.

X9 hiring activity

X9 has 29 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 29 public job postings with disclosed pay. 6 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (29 in the last 90).

💼 Similar companies hiring

Compare X9's pay with companies in the same space:

CompanyMedian payvs X9Stage
SpaceX$135K↓ -33%Series D
True Anomaly$170K↓ -16%Series D
Hadrian Automation$175K↓ -13%
Zebra Technologies$136K↓ -32%Public
Tulip Interfaces$128K↓ -37%Series D
MatX$269K↑ +33%Series D

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Anthropic · Coframe · OpenAI · Aaru · Uniphore

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Common questions

What does X9 pay?
The median pay is $202K, with a typical range of $154K–$230K, based on 29 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at X9?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Head of ML/AI Exploration, Architecture, & Engineering, at $307K–$422K base.

Which team pays the most at X9?
The software engineering team, at a $216K 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 29 public X9 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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