Levels.fyi
“Can a crowdsourced, verified compensation database become the pay-transparency operating system for both job seekers and employers globally?”
Founded2017
HQCupertino, California, United States
FoundersZaheer Mohiuddin, Zuhayeer Musa
Latest roundSeed (2022)
IndustryHorizontal SaaS / Compensation Data
The story
Levels.fyi began in 2017 as a side project comparing engineering levels at Big Tech, then evolved into a crowdsourced compensation database backed by verified offer letters and W2s. It has since expanded into candidate services (negotiation coaching, resume review), employer products (Interactive Offers, Talent Pool, Compensation Benchmarking), and international coverage via the 2024 TechPays acquisition. The company remains small (~23 employees) and is not an embedded-finance operator — it is a data/marketplace SaaS business.
Product timeline
2017
Levels.fyi launched as a side project to compare career levels across tech companies.· launch
2022
Raised seed funding round.· funding
2024
Acquired TechPays to expand European compensation database.· acquisition
Acquisitions
The stack
0 layers disclosed in Levels.fyi’s embedded-finance stack
Accounting gap: none