Where to find startup jobs in Austin: Wellfound's 610 roles, Top Startups' 378, YC, Capital Factory's 152-company board, Built In and Clera.
Six sources cover most startup jobs in Austin. Best overall: Wellfound, with 610 Austin results and pay plus equity shown on many cards. Best for seeing funding before you apply: Top Startups, with 378 Austin roles. Best single application: Y Combinator's Work at a Startup. Best for Texas-backed startups: Capital Factory's portfolio jobs board. Best for the whole Austin tech market: Built In Austin. Best if you'd rather startups come to you: Clera (we built it, and Austin is not its strongest city, more below). Every count in this post was checked on the site itself on November 13, 2026.
Summary table
| Source | Best for | Key stat (Nov 13, 2026) | One limitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellfound | Browsing the most Austin startup roles | 610 results, 10 pages | Remote-only cards mixed in |
| Top Startups | Seeing who funded the company | 378 Austin roles | Late-stage names lead page one |
| Work at a Startup | One profile, many YC companies | About 50 roles on the Austin page | Many are remote or multi-city |
| Capital Factory | Startups backed in Texas | 152 portfolio companies | No total job count |
| Built In Austin | Seeing every Austin tech employer | Pagination runs to page 1,000 | Expedia and Wells Fargo on page one |
| Clera | Getting startups to come to you | 253,073 candidates on Clera | Austin isn't one of its big markets |
How we picked
We started from the pages ranking on Google for "startup jobs austin", added the sources from our guides to startup jobs in Seattle and startup jobs in Boston, then looked for Austin-only sources. Each was checked directly on November 13, 2026. A source made the list if it showed Austin startup roles and we could confirm its facts on its own site.
One got cut. Built In's "Austin startups to watch" list still ranks, but it is dated 2022, so it says little about who is hiring now.
We built Clera, so it gets the same fields and one blunt downside as everyone else. It isn't ranked first.
1. Wellfound
Best for: browsing a large pool of Austin startup roles with pay and equity on the card.
Wellfound is a startup-focused job board. On November 13, 2026, its Austin page showed 610 results across 10 pages. Small teams show both pay and equity: Cooklist (11 to 50 people) listed roles at $150k to $200k with 0.1% to 0.5% equity, and a 1 to 10 person company called problems listed $125k to $175k with 0.25% to 1.0%. Method Financial (51 to 200) listed roles from $140k up to $240k.
Why it made the list: you see team size, pay and equity before you spend an hour on an application. No company on page one had more than 5,000 employees.
Downside: the Austin page isn't Austin only. Page one included MOLTEN Cloud marked "Remote only", tribe.ai roles in Canada and the US, and an internship at Mainline located in Argentina. Check the location line on every card.
Pricing: free for job seekers.
2. Top Startups
Best for: seeing a startup's investors and last round before you apply.
Top Startups tracks venture-backed startups. On November 13, 2026, its Austin page was titled "378 Startup Jobs in Austin (November 2026)". Each card shows headcount and funding: Omnea (101 to 200 people) after a $50M Series B in 2025, Restaurant365 (201 to 500) after a $128M Series C in 2019.
Why it made the list: funding is on the card, so you can judge runway and stage at a glance.
Downside: "startup" is generous here. Page one led with Gong and Contentful, both 501 to 1,000 people with last rounds in 2021, and Sumo Logic was labelled post-IPO. Gong and Restaurant365 took four of the first six cards.
Pricing: free to browse.
3. Work at a Startup (Y Combinator)
Best for: applying once to many YC-funded companies.
Work at a Startup is Y Combinator's own job platform. On November 13, 2026, its Austin page showed about 50 roles. Pay is listed: $190K to $300K for a staff AI engineer at Drillbit, $320K to $465K for a systems engineer at Axiom, $140K to $210K for a senior full stack engineer at Strac. You build one free profile and founders can come to you.
Why it made the list: at YC companies, the person reading your profile is often a founder, which cuts out a screening step.
Downside: the Austin page isn't strictly Austin. Strac's role reads Austin, Seattle or remote, several Legion Health roles are remote (US), and Method Financial's VP of Finance lists New York, San Francisco, DC and Austin. It's YC companies only.
Pricing: free.
4. Capital Factory
Best for: joining a startup backed in Texas.
Capital Factory calls itself the most active early-stage investor in Texas, founded in 2009 by Joshua Baer. Its portfolio jobs board collects open roles across 152 companies. On November 13, the companies with the most openings were Dropoff (95 roles, headquartered in Austin), Apptronik (83), ICON (72) and Fetch Package (47).
Why it made the list: the big boards above mix Austin offices of companies based elsewhere with local startups. This one starts from who Texas investors backed, and it surfaces Austin hardware companies like Apptronik, which the general boards bury.
Downside: it shows no total job count, and the heaviest hirers are Series B and later, not seed. It's Capital Factory companies only.
Pricing: free to browse.
5. Built In Austin
Best for: seeing the whole Austin tech job market, startups and all.
Built In Austin is a city-specific tech job board. It has filters for remote or hybrid, experience, industry, company size and an "Early Applicant" option. Its pagination runs to page 1,000, and many cards show pay, for example $80K to $100K for a client success manager at Luxury Presence.
Why it made the list: the company size filter turns a citywide board into a startup board in two clicks.
Downside: on November 13, page one included Expedia Group twice, Enverus and a Wells Fargo personal banker role. Skip the size filter and you're mostly looking at big companies.
Pricing: free to browse.
6. Clera
Best for: getting startups to come to you instead of applying one by one.
We built Clera. You spend about two minutes telling Clera what you've done, what you want and your dealbreakers. When a role fits, Clera introduces you directly to the hiring manager with context on why you fit. Our homepage lists 253,073 candidates on the platform and 8 days from signup to first interview.
Why it made the list: a warm intro to the person doing the hiring skips the pile of cold applications.
Downside: Austin isn't one of Clera's big markets. Our homepage only breaks out the SF Bay Area and New York, so if you want an office job in Austin itself, the boards above will show you more. Clera earns its place if you're open to remote roles or a move to San Francisco or New York.
Pricing: free for candidates. Companies pay when they hire.
What's changing in Austin startup hiring
Texas doesn't make startups show pay. A May 2026 state-by-state review from Clockspot puts Texas among the states with no posting-range law, while Washington, Colorado, New York and California all require one. So when a Wellfound or Built In card in Austin shows a range, the company chose to. When it doesn't, ask in your first message, and ask about equity too.
Public hiring is also getting quieter. The Hacker News "Who is hiring?" thread drew 382 comments in October 2026 and 357 in November, while "Who wants to be hired?" drew 681 and then 640 (whoishiring). Job seekers now post almost twice as often as companies. Our read is that more hiring runs on referrals and intros.
Our take: the pages ranking for this search are all job boards, and they treat Austin as a smaller San Francisco. It isn't. The second-busiest hirer on Capital Factory's board is Apptronik, which was founded in 2016 out of a University of Texas robotics lab and builds the Apollo 2 humanoid robot, and YC's Austin page features systems and AI infrastructure roles at Axiom and Drillbit. If you've done hardware, robotics or deep infrastructure work, Austin may pay you more attention than the Bay Area would. Start with the investor boards, then use one big board with a strict size filter.
From Clera's data: widen the net past Austin
Clera's homepage lists 1,700+ roles in the SF Bay Area and 1,400+ in New York, and no separate Austin figure. Across all open roles on Clera, only 14% were fully remote on October 22, 2026, as covered in our remote startup jobs guide. For an Austin job seeker that means two things. Remote startup roles exist but are the minority, so filter for them early. And if you'd consider a move, the Bay Area has more open roles on Clera than any other market we list.
How to choose
- If you want the most options fast, start with Wellfound and check the location line on every card.
- If funding and runway matter to you, use Top Startups and skip anything post-IPO.
- If you want a startup backed in Texas, go to Capital Factory's board first.
- If you'd rather write one profile and get messages, use Work at a Startup for YC companies and Clera for remote roles or a move.
Want to pick the company first? Our running list of startups hiring right now tracks companies that just raised, and our startup salary guide shows what engineers make by stage.
Frequently Asked Questions
Wellfound is the best place to start, with 610 Austin results on November 13, 2026, and pay plus equity on many cards. Check the location line, since page one includes remote and out-of-country roles. Pair it with Top Startups, which shows each company's last funding round, or Capital Factory's board for Texas-backed startups.
No. Texas has no state law requiring pay ranges in job postings, according to Clockspot's May 2026 review, unlike Washington, Colorado, New York or California. Many Austin listings on Wellfound, YC and Built In show a range anyway. If one doesn't, ask for the range and the equity offer in your first message.
No. Across all open roles on Clera, only 14% were fully remote on October 22, 2026. Austin boards mix remote cards in, but most roles are hybrid or in office. If you need remote, set the remote filter on Wellfound or Built In Austin before you start scrolling, and read the exact location on YC listings.
On Capital Factory's portfolio board on November 13, 2026, the companies with the most open roles were Dropoff with 95, Apptronik with 83, ICON with 72 and Fetch Package with 47. Those counts change daily, so treat them as a starting point and check each company's own careers page.
Sources
- Wellfound, Austin jobs, checked November 13, 2026
- Top Startups, Austin jobs, checked November 13, 2026
- Y Combinator, jobs at YC startups in Austin, checked November 13, 2026
- Capital Factory and its portfolio jobs board, checked November 13, 2026
- Built In Austin jobs, checked November 13, 2026
- Robotics 24/7, Apptronik unveils Apollo 2
- Clockspot, pay transparency laws by state
- Hacker News, whoishiring submissions
- Clera homepage
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