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Public job posting showing a downtown San Francisco, five-days-per-week role, $80k-$100k salary, and benefits including lunch, PTO, 401k, and health coverage.
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Updated Jul 30, 2026
Overview
Spice Data is a San Francisco-based B2B company that provides enterprise restaurant data/market research services. Public sources also refer to it as Pepper API, Inc.; it was founded in 2019 and is associated with Y Combinator’s Summer 2019 batch.
Primary product
Enterprise restaurant data licensing platform
Founded
2019
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
1-10 employees
Work style
Hybrid
Industry
Market Research
Sub-industry
Restaurant data licensing / hospitality analytics
Offices
San Francisco, California, United States
Business model
B2B data licensing
subscription
usage-based
Funding
Stage
YC-backed / bootstrapped
Latest round
Y Combinator Summer 2019 · Jan 2019
Jan 2019 · Y Combinator
Angel investors (unnamed)
People & investors
Work & culture
Small, nimble, San Francisco-based team that emphasizes hands-on execution, independence, and mentorship. Public hiring materials describe a hybrid/offsite SF office rhythm, work on large data pipelines, and collaboration with minimal supervision.
Work style
Hybrid
Compensation
Public job posts show compensation ranging from about $80k-$100k for a new-grad Product Specialist role, $100k-$150k for Software Engineer, and $160k-$220k for Senior Software Engineer. Equity ranges mentioned include roughly 0.1%-0.5%, 0.25%-1%, and 0.5%-3%, respectively. Benefits also include lunch in office, unlimited PTO, 401k, and employer-paid health/dental/vision.
Benefits
Lunch provided when in office
Unlimited PTO
401k
Company-paid Platinum PPO health insurance
Company-paid dental insurance
Company-paid vision insurance
Product & market
Pricing
Not publicly disclosed; public descriptions suggest subscription and/or usage-based data licensing
Differentiators
- —Focused on restaurant data for enterprise use
- —Licenses data to large enterprise buyers instead of selling a single static dataset
- —Emphasizes continual collection, cleaning, and reliable delivery of high-quality data over time
- —Small, San Francisco-based team with profitable/minimal-dilution positioning
Technology
Python
SQL
TypeScript
Golang
Dagster
Docker Compose
PostgreSQL
self-hosted infrastructure
HTTP-based data collection
browser automation
mobile app automation
monitoring dashboards
DevOps
Customers
Leading Fortune 500 enterprises
Enterprise restaurant operators
Scale & contact
Latest news
LavX News · Mar 2026
Reported a new Product Specialist opening for recent graduates at Spice Data, highlighting the company’s current hiring and its enterprise data focus.
BEAMSTART Jobs · Mar 2025
Earlier senior engineering posting describing 100M+ datapoints monthly, Python/SQL, self-hosted Dagster, and $160k-$220k compensation with equity.
Built In
Current job listing describing the company’s Python-first data pipeline stack, hybrid San Francisco office presence, and mid-market compensation/equity range.
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