Saffron
https://www.trysaffron.aiAI-Native Technical Assessments and Work Trials.
Saffron is building a platform to test how well candidates can use coding agents. The way engineers write code has fundamentally changed, but the way companies evaluate them hasn't. Saffron gives hiring teams full visibility into how candidates use AI agents to build, debug, and ship real features on an actual codebase. Saffron was founded by Robert Chondro (formerly MIT and Jane Street), Jerry Yao (Stanford and Jane Street), and Kazuma Choji (Harvey Mudd, published in NeurIPS and ICML), and is backed by Y Combinator (P26) and Afore Capital.
Total Open and Closed Positions
Total open positions, and positions newly closed since the previous update
Department Headcount Over Time
Open positions per department · top 6 at any point in the window
Newly Opened and Closed Positions
Position Churn Rate
Positions closed within 14 days of opening · a high rate suggests posting instability — duplicates, pulled listings, or roles filled through internal or off-market channels
Time-to-Fill Distribution
Days from open to close · closed positions only
Salary Trend Over Time
Monthly median base salary · USD · annualized · p25/p75 dashed
Salary Range by Department
Employment Type
Technical vs. Non-technical
Open positions · by department
Top Roles by Department
Seniority Mix
Derived from job title keywords
Equity Range by Department
Top Skills
Top Tech Stacks
Skills Trend
Change in share of postings · recent 3 months vs. prior 3 months
Tech Stack Evolution
Positions opened per month · top 5 technologies