I’m pretty sure they are just trying to get devs that don’t know their own value - they don’t even advertise the range.

I applied to aha couple years ago. The leadership’s attitude was pretty bad and in the end they were upset at me that I had 4 other offers and all of them were substantially better. Their offer was capped out at 195k (pretty much full offer - they offer very small equity just so they can advertise they offer equity) for 10yr+ staff position. On the other hand Shopify was starting at 300k (with equity), before any negotiations