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2,393 articlesCareers at Virgin Galactic: Teams, Pay and How to Get Hired
Virgin Galactic employs about 1,200 people across four key sites—Tustin, Truth or Consequences, Phoenix-Mesa and Las Cruces—spanning engineering, manufacturing, mission operations and commercial roles. The article details workforce distribution, compensation data, hiring process, and cultural insigh
One Firm Saved $200K+ Annually, Pirros’ ARR Only $7M
Pirros has expanded its AI-powered Revit detail search platform to over 350 AECO firms worldwide, achieving $7 million ARR in 2024 with ~10% monthly growth, highlighting workflow integration, time savings, error reduction, and European expansion plans.
Working at Kalshi: Culture, Pace and Who Thrives
Explores how Kalshi, a CFTC-regulated prediction‑market exchange, balances rapid product launches, multi‑state litigation, and engineering‑driven compliance while hiring for technical depth and regulatory fluency in a high‑stakes, fast‑moving environment.
10 PlanetScale Roles Open, Top Pay Hits $290k
PlanetScale is launching a major hiring push in mid-August 2026, with 10 open roles focused on software engineering, specifically targeting Vitess and the new Postgres/Neki sharding architecture. The company offers competitive compensation and a remote-first operating model.
Careers at Kalshi: Teams, Pay and How to Get Hired
A comprehensive guide to Kalshi's team structure, compensation, hiring process, and office culture. Learn about roles in engineering, product, and compliance, and explore salary ranges for top fintech positions in New York.
COBOL Workforce Drops From 300,000 to 50,000 as AI Tools Rise
Explore how AI-native tooling, IBM's z17, and AWS are transforming legacy COBOL systems. Learn about the workforce crisis of retiring experts and how banks like JPMorgan are rewiring talent pipelines for the AI era.
Careers at Thyme Care: Teams, Pay and How to Get Hired
Thyme Care, founded by Flatiron Health veterans, outlines its hiring blueprint for scaling to 800 employees by 2025, detailing compensation bands, remote-first roles, interview process, and the blend of clinical and technical expertise needed.
Sesame Hits $862M Valuation After $264M Series B
Sesame, founded by Oculus co-founders, is betting on voice-first wearable tech with $862M valuation, aiming to replace VR headsets with ambient voice interfaces.
Careers at OpenGov: Teams, Pay and How to Get Hired
OpenGov has 35 salaried openings with a median pay of $130k, concentrating senior sales and HR leadership roles in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, and San Francisco, reflecting a function‑driven hiring strategy.
74% Cost Cut in Cell Therapy Via NVIDIA‑Powered Robots
Multiply Labs partners with NVIDIA to integrate AI, digital twins, and foundation models into robotic biomanufacturing, aiming to slash cell therapy costs by 74% and boost throughput by 100x.
Nourish's $100M AI Clinic Prioritizes Claims Hires Over Engineer Roles
Nourish, an AI-native metabolic clinic, is scaling its telehealth nutrition platform following a $100M Series C. The company is hiring for roles at the intersection of clinical operations, insurance reimbursement, and technical architecture to drive clinical outcomes.
Working at Emergent: Culture, Pace and Who Thrives
Emergent, an AI platform turning natural language into production-ready code, has raised $130M at a $1.5B valuation and hired senior engineers across SF and Bangalore with median pay of $225K. Its hiring signal reveals a culture built on product philosophy: production-grade output, direct maker-to-o
Curacel Hires for AI Roles Requiring Proven Model Deployment Experience
An in-depth analysis of Curacel's undocumented technical screening process for ML engineers, examining how its production-focused hiring compares to frontier AI peers like ASML and Stripe, and evaluating accessibility, validity, and transparency gaps in the absence of public interview data or candid
Y Combinator-backed Berlin startup’s open-source voice AI hits 1,742 Hugging Face downloads in first month
KugelAudio's open-source, on-premise text-to-speech model supports 24 European languages, runs inside customer networks, and delivers sub-100ms latency—addressing EU data sovereignty and compliance needs for banks, insurers, and automakers avoiding U.S. jurisdiction risks.
Working at Hevo Data: Culture, Pace and Who Thrives
Hevo Data processes over a petabyte of data monthly across 150+ connectors, blending extraction, loading, and dbt-based modeling in a single platform. With a Bengaluru-centric engineering team and values rooted in EV charging heritage, the company rewards self-starters who thrive in ambiguity but ri
Nomad Competes for Elite Talent Pool: Fewer Than 2,000 U.S. Engineers With Flight Experience
The U.S. Space Force has designated Nomad's Passive Refueling Module as its sole preferred standard for on-orbit refueling, triggering a hiring surge for engineers with proven flight software validation experience. Drawing lessons from missions like Mangalyaan, the article explains why orbital infra
AgentMail’s $6M seed builds first email service exclusively for AI agents
AgentMail has secured $6 million in seed funding to create the first email service designed exclusively for AI agents. Backed by Y Combinator, the platform provides API-first inboxes with automatic SPF/DKIM/DMARC, multi-tenancy, and SDK support across major agent frameworks like Claude Code, Codex,
Working at ClearML: Culture, Pace and Who Thrives
ClearML's compensation structure reveals a flat hierarchy where individual contributors earn director-level pay, reflecting a culture of autonomy, asynchronous workflows, and technical ownership over coordination. The company values engineers who thrive in ambiguity and self-direction.
Dyno Therapeutics Hires for AI-Guided AAV Vector Design Roles
Dyno Therapeutics uses machine learning to redesign AAV viral vectors for gene therapy, overcoming limitations of natural capsids through iterative in silico prediction and high-throughput in vivo validation, demanding hybrid computational-biological talent.
Careers at ClearML: Teams, Pay and How to Get Hired
ClearML's salary data reveals director-level engineering roles at $435k–$535k, Staff Software Engineers up to $500k, and a median salary of $300k across 37 roles, reflecting its focus on AI infrastructure talent.
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