Silicon Valley is synonymous with the latest and greatest of what’s happening in tech. And in the first quarter of 2022, the region is living up to that reputation.
From a company that recently raised $200 million in Series F funding, to an e-commerce company that is pledging to be completely plastic-free by 2025, Built In San Francisco has all of the highlights of what’s happening at our eight featured companies of the month.
The best part? Each company is hiring.
What they do: ThoughtWorks is a global technology consultancy that integrates strategy, design and software engineering to enable enterprises to thrive as modern digital businesses.
Diversity goals: ThoughWorks’ diversity metrics and goals are hard to miss — they’re right on the company website. Stats like, there are 40.6 percent of women and underrepresented gender minorities (WUGM) across the company, and 60 percent of WUGM in executive officer roles.
Sustainable mindset: ThoughtWorks is dedicated to sustainability. It’s a founding member of The Green Software Foundation, a nonprofit with the mission to create a trusted ecosystem of people, standards, tooling and best practices for building green software. And its new open source solution, Cloud Carbon Footprint, measures and monitors cloud usage data, which will help identify areas and best practices to provide the highest environmental and investment returns.
What they do: Grove Collaborative creates eco-friendly natural products like cleaning supplies, personal care, baby, kid and pet products. Every item that Grove offers has been vetted against strict standards for sustainability, efficacy and supply chain practices.
Mission-focused: Grove believes that a small group of people can change the world for the better. The company has a goal to plant one million trees in the next four years, and they already saved 600,000 pounds of plastic in 2019 from its reusable glass vessels.
Plastic-free: “CEOs who say they’ll reduce their impact by 2050 won’t be around when that date comes. Grove will be 100 percent plastic-free by 2025. That’s going to be on my watch,” Stuart Landesberg, CEO and co-founder, said on the company website.
What they do: Handshake is a site for college students to find a job. The Handshake community includes 18 million students and young alumni at more than 1,000 colleges and universities.
Wellness matters: Handshake hosts an annual wellness week, and offers discounts on a variety of wellness apps. Additionally, beginning at four years of continuous, full-time employment, and every four years thereafter, Handshakers are eligible for a paid four-week sabbatical to recharge and reset.
In the news: Handshake’s CEO Garrett Lord was featured in a Forbes article in January 2022 highlighting the company’s $200 million Series F fundraise, and its intent to disrupt LinkedIn. “LinkedIn is focused on your past and Handshake’s focused on your future,” Lord told Forbes.
What they do: Truebill’s mobile app helps consumers take control of their financial lives by leveraging AI to analyze users’ spending habits, identify inefficiencies, and take action to ultimately improve their financial health.
Big acquisition: At the end of 2021, Truebill was acquired by Rocket Companies, a Detroit fintech business behind Rocket Mortgage, Rocket Homes and Rocket Auto, in a $1.275 billion cash deal. “By joining forces with the Rocket fintech powerhouse, we will be able to extend our reach and seamlessly connect consumers with even more services,” Haroon Mokhtarzada, Truebill co-founder and CEO, said in a statement.
They’re hiring: Truebill, which is remote friendly, is hiring for a swath of jobs in data, engineering, operations, product, people and more. Notable positions include data analytics engineer, senior full-stack engineer, people operations coordinator and product manager.
What they do: Unity’s platform allows for creating and operating real-time 3D (RT3D) content. Creators, ranging from game developers to artists, architects, automotive designers, filmmakers, and others, use Unity to make their imaginations come to life.
Growth opportunities: Unity is dedicated to growth and development. The company has a formal internal mobility program, along with a dedicated talent and development team whose mission is to build current and future talent.
Worldwide: Unity has offices worldwide. Currently, there are open roles in cities like San Francisco, Dublin, Helsinki, Beijing, Tel Aviv and many more.
What they do: Quartzy is an online lab management platform and scientific research supply marketplace. Its software combines lab resource management and e-commerce, with customers ranging from wine makers, to companies working on COVID-19 testing.
Tech stack: In database work, engineers at Quartzy use MySQL. For frameworks, they use Laravel. Their languages of choice? JavaScript and PHP.
They’re hiring: Quartzy is hiring for a bunch of roles across engineering and product. Notable positions include senior full-stack engineer, lead data engineer and senior product manager in e-commerce.
What they do: Zscaler is a SaaS security platform that provides fast, secure connections between you and your applications, regardless of device, location, or network.
They’re hiring: Zscaler is hiring for a swath of positions across engineering, product, content, sales and more. Notable jobs include a senior software engineer (QA), regional sales manager and director of product management (identity platform).
Tech stack: Do you speak Zscaler’s language? The company uses four different ones: C++, Java, JavaScript and Python.
