Welcome to Open Roles.
Every week, I find startup jobs paying $100,000 or more — remote, hybrid, and on-site — and deliver them directly to you.
Not recycled LinkedIn listings. Not roles that have been open for six months. Fresh opportunities at funded, fast-moving companies, with real salary data attached.
Here's the problem most job seekers don't know they have:
The best startup jobs are never where most people look. By the time a role appears on a major job board, it has already been seen by internal referrals, sourced candidates, and people plugged into the right networks. You're competing against people who had a head start before the listing went live.
Open Roles exists to close that gap.
Product Engineer, Post Batch — Y Combinator | San Francisco, CA | 💰 $185K - $350K | Post-batch product engineering. Apply: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/y-combinator/jobs/fK75gxxbq-product-engineer-post-batch
Strategic Software Engineer (Full Stack) — Turing Labs Inc. (W20) | San Francisco, CA, US / Palo Alto, CA, US / Sunnyvale, CA, US | 💰 $130K - $180K | AI for R&D of consumer brands like P&G to develop better products. Apply: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/turing-labs-inc/jobs/XCiy75f-strategic-software-engineer-full-stack
Fullstack Software Engineer — Soraban (W21) | Tempe, AZ, US / San Francisco, CA, US | 💰 $130K - $185K | AI assistant for accounting firms. Apply: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/soraban/jobs/1qaL5ow-fullstack-software-engineer
AI/ML Engineer — Keeper (W19) | San Francisco, CA, US | 💰 $145K - $165K | AI tax filing for complex returns. Apply: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/keeper-2/jobs/4bHe8Ak-ai-ml-engineer
Product Engineer — Seal (S20) | England, GB | 💰 £50K - £120K GBP | All-in-one workspace for companies making regulated products. Apply: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/seal-2/jobs/n4byaPm-product-engineer
TACTIC OF THE WEEK
Stop applying. Start appearing.
Startup hiring managers don't spend their days reviewing inbound applications. They search. They look at LinkedIn, GitHub, and Twitter for people who are already doing the work they need done.
Before you apply to any role this week, ask yourself: if the hiring manager searched for someone with my skills right now, would they find me?
If the answer is no, that's where to start. Update your LinkedIn headline to include your core skill and the words "open to new opportunities." That single change puts you in more recruiter searches immediately.
Apply through official channels anyway — but make sure you're also visible before the application arrives.
See you tomorrow.
— Open Roles