Why this grade
This listing scored 61/100, which is a C. It lost the most ground on pay transparency.
- Description depth 20 / 20 How much the posting actually says about the work, measured in characters of real text.
- Remote clarity 15 / 15 Whether "remote" means anywhere, or is quietly restricted to one country.
- Pay transparency 12 / 25 A published salary range, worth more than any other single factor because it is what a candidate cannot find out without applying.
- Freshness 8 / 15 How recently it was posted. Older postings are likelier to be filled or abandoned.
- Role specificity 6 / 10 Whether the listing is tagged well enough to tell what the role actually is.
- Corroboration 5 / 10 Whether more than one source carries this listing.
-5 Ghost-job penalty — Deducted for signals that this posting may not be a real, currently-open role — staleness, repeated relisting, or talent-pool language.
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$88k – $165k
That is the middle half of what comparable roles paid on this board over the last 90 days — 45 listings that did publish a figure, median $133k. It is not this employer's offer, and we have no idea what they pay. It is only what the rest of the market advertised.
yc-startup vc-backed
AnswerThis (YC F25) · US, SF preferred · Full-time
$150,000 base + commission + equity
You've scaled paid acquisition and SEO. Now you want to help accelerate science and build at the frontier of AI search.
AnswerThis has helped over 600,000 researchers accelerate their research by more than 10 times by automating research workflows. We're hiring a growth lead to help many more researchers find us.
You've turned paid ads into a substantial source of customers, ideally personally managing more than $500,000/month in ad spend. You've also substantially scaled acquisition through SEO and can show what you built and the business it brought in.
You'll run campaigns across Google, Meta, LinkedIn and other promising channels. You'll build landing pages, fix tracking, improve conversion and ship SEO and AEO experiments yourself. You'll find and own channels before they become obvious to other teams.
We're building a team that respects scientific acceleration. We're trying to win with limited resources, so initiative, judgment and follow-through matter. You'll work closely with the founders and product team, choose a few strong bets and be accountable for the result.
Apply with your profile, one paid acquisition result and one SEO result. Include the company, baseline, timeframe and your personal contribution; for paid, add the monthly budget and platforms. A few bullets or existing case studies are enough. Include your location and when you'd consider a full-time move.
We're aiming to make this hire by September 20.
https://careers.answerthis.io/?ashby_jid=40d75a37-bce7-4e21-ac25-febd6b69d34e#open-roles
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- 12 Sep 2026 Y Combinator first sighting
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