# New Startup Jobs Today on StartupHub.ai: August 9, 2026

_25 salaried startup roles ($60k to $500k) at 12 companies, freshly posted and synced from company career pages. The best-paid startup jobs, updated daily._

**Published:** 2026-08-09
**Source:** https://www.startuphub.ai/ai-news/jobs/2026/new-startup-jobs-today-on-startuphub-ai-august-9-2026

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StartupHub.ai is tracking **472** live salaried roles across **107** startups right now, synced straight from company career pages. Here are 18 of the best-paid openings posted this week.

## 18 best-paid startup jobs posted this week

Freshly posted salaried roles in the $60k to $500k band, at 12 startups hiring right now. Click a title to apply, or a company to see its other openings.

1. [Member of Technical Staff, Defensive Security Engineer](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/magic.dev/f9b3e872-cffa-400a-b9e0-621149c5f566/application) at [Magic](/jobs/magic) · San Francisco
$225K - $550K
2. [Legal Counsel, Government and Defense](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/applied/7b5b0d18-6da9-4e53-8e12-4a4e612d3246/application) at [Applied Compute](/jobs/applied-compute) · Washington, D.C.
$200K - $280K
3. [Account Executive - Mid Market | NYC](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/starbridge/e6e89d93-3ee1-46f0-bb1f-0215c605e0cd/application) at [Starbridge](/jobs/starbridge) · United States
$200K - $240K
4. [Senior Product Engineer, New Products](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/starbridge/99dee4a3-9629-4742-8c66-6fa3e162ce85/application) at [Starbridge](/jobs/starbridge) · New York City
$200K - $300K
5. [Chief Engineer - AHS](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/applied/39b4d4f0-6d4e-4319-96f6-0ab1fb57b337/application) at [Applied Compute](/jobs/applied-compute) · Sunnyvale
$200K - $250K
6. [Mission Director - SOCOM](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/applied/1b3cbc0a-30d1-4cae-824c-4b07e82302f0/application) at [Applied Compute](/jobs/applied-compute) · Washington, D.C.
$200K - $250K
7. [Mission Director - Aerial Combat](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/applied/6cd40118-208c-4aa2-b6ce-528990dfd485/application) at [Applied Compute](/jobs/applied-compute) · Washington, D.C.
$200K - $250K
8. [Staff Software Engineer, GI](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/hinge-health/d7bba1dc-1f6d-4ad0-9ad0-e65aa0aae628/application) at [Hinge Health](/jobs/hinge-health) · San Francisco-HQ
$197K - $296K
9. [iOS/Android Automation Engineer](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/sesame/32dab4cd-c4f9-421f-9fa1-eb4916f4337a/application) at [Sesame](/jobs/sesame-g39g) · San Francisco
$175K - $280K
10. [Software Engineer - Early Career](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/abridge/7d6ae2be-cd53-466c-8151-2dae2e87aace/application) at [Abridge](/jobs/abridge) · SF Office
$167K - $184K
11. [Sr. Software Engineer, GI](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/hinge-health/5e7401a9-405b-4bd6-866e-d5f008657e2d/application) at [Hinge Health](/jobs/hinge-health) · San Francisco-HQ
$164K - $247K
12. [Lead Product Manager, New Programs](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/hinge-health/79daa9a6-0e6b-4a70-9560-b62249dc542a/application) at [Hinge Health](/jobs/hinge-health) · San Francisco-HQ
$163K - $224K
13. [Technical Account Manager](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/litellm/0494f3d6-a9d4-4789-a72a-8e633124d119/application) at [LiteLLM](/jobs/litellm) · United States
$150K - $220K
14. [Lead Software Engineer - Physical AI (Defense)](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/applied/aa272549-acb3-4677-b37e-e95f3b1317b8/application) at [Applied Compute](/jobs/applied-compute) · Washington, D.C.
$150K - $250K
15. [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer - Defense](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/applied/8ab8b28e-b62a-4a92-88ee-773015a01a87/application) at [Applied Compute](/jobs/applied-compute) · Washington, D.C.
$150K - $225K
16. [Operations Safety Lead](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/applied/2c45c865-093c-412b-9bab-4f1e625f5a4d/application) at [Applied Compute](/jobs/applied-compute) · Sunnyvale
$150K - $200K
17. [Software Engineer - HIL CI Infra](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/applied/4183f0f2-1623-4a92-8cef-cf36b3bc5624/application) at [Applied Compute](/jobs/applied-compute) · Sunnyvale
$150K - $200K
18. [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/take2/64c5c8d7-480f-4d2b-8e8e-6a8d5ea29bb3/application) at [Take2 AI](/jobs/take2-ai) · New York
$150K - $200K

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Original analysis from [startuphub.ai](https://www.startuphub.ai), the #1 AI startup directory.