Tech companies whose employees report high levels of engagement usually share some attributes when it comes to company culture: psychological safety, frequent recognition, flexibility and supportive leadership, to name a few.
While the following eight companies might have different missions and core values, their standout cultures are all evident to employees.
Built In spoke with a tech professional from each employer who was eager to share how their growing team’s culture is one of belonging, curiosity and growth.
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Hi Marley creates a conversational platform built for P&C insurance and is powered by SMS.
What is your role and what attracted you to your company? Describe the moment when you knew you’d found the right fit.
Prior to joining Hi Marley, I spent about five years working as a claims adjuster. It was a great fit for how my brain works — it was fast-paced, empathetic and never boring.
I’m also a dance instructor and I’ve always enjoyed taking complex movements (or topics) and breaking them down in a way that feels approachable and human. And that passion for teaching and connection bled into my professional life when I had the opportunity to become a trainer in the claims department.
In this role, I served as a test adjuster during our migration to a new claims system, which was an eye-opening experience. It was my first exposure to different tech roles within insurance; it completely changed how I saw my career path and opened new possibilities. I started taking some coding classes and boot camps to expand my knowledge and began looking up all our vendors.
I immediately fell in love with the Hi Marley brand, energy and culture. Everyone looked happy, supported and celebrated. The moment I knew Hi Marley was exactly where I wanted to be was during my interview with my now manager. I left knowing he was someone I would love to learn from and that the company was one I wanted to join.
What’s your favorite part about working at your company? The projects, the team culture, the opportunities for career advancement?
The people and culture are my favorite parts of working at Hi Marley. Our culture is built on three core values: ‘Be Humble,’ ‘Max Courage’ and ‘Ubuntu.’ Because of this, early on, I knew I was in a safe place. I feel supported when I want to try new things. There’s flexibility, trust and an understanding that we’re all adults who want to do and can deliver really great work.
I love that I get to use my background as an adjuster every single day. I was encouraged to use my experience for a webinar, sharing anecdotes from my time as an adjuster to offer best practices for how auto adjusters can use Hi Marley to optimize their workflows. The webinar was one of our most popular and definitely pushed me out of my comfort zone.
The ability to speak the same language as our customers builds trust. I also feel empowered to experiment, bring my creativity into work and make it my own. Like when I think of new, interesting and memorable ways to share metrics with my customers during check-ins to create more engaging conversations. When customers know I understand their pressures, it helps us solve problems faster and foster long-lasting partnerships.
What advice would you give to jobseekers looking to join your growing team?
Be prepared. There are multiple interview rounds and sometimes presentations, all with incredibly talented, passionate people.
Hi Marley’s core values are the backbone of our culture and the standards that guide how we treat one another and show up to work every day. So, if our values speak to you and you can show genuine alignment and belief in them, that will make an impression.
For example, did I have experience as a CSM before applying for this role? No, not at all. But I knew that I loved people and was great at building trust with customers. I shared my strengths and was open that I didn’t know everything and it’s okay not to know everything (be humble), but I’m willing to ask questions, learn and try new things (max courage) and I also have an insurance background where I could help others understand the industry and problem solve (Ubuntu).
My biggest advice is to know your strengths and lean into what makes you unique. Take risks, show your personality and don’t give up. We’re growing and continuously hiring! I didn’t get the role the first time I applied, but knew I wanted to be part of Hi Marley, so I stayed in touch and joined soon after.
Taskrabbit is a marketplace platform that conveniently connects people with Taskers to handle everyday home to-dos, such as furniture assembly, handy work, moving help and more.
What is your role and what attracted you to your company? Describe the moment when you knew you’d found the right fit.
I am a senior devops engineer within the cloud infrastructure team. What initially drew me to Taskrabbit was the opportunity to work across a diverse tech stack while maintaining a high level of ownership over complex challenges. I’ve always valued an environment that prioritizes client-centric solutions and Taskrabbit’s genuine obsession with the user experience resonated with my own professional values.
The “aha” moment — when I knew I had found the right fit — actually happened during the interview process. I had the unique opportunity to meet the entire team I would be working with daily. Getting a sense of their collaborative energy and technical expertise before even starting made it clear that this was a place where I could thrive alongside great people. From day one, that sense of belonging was already established.
What’s your favorite part about working at your company? The projects, the team culture, the opportunities for career advancement?
My favorite part of working here is the sheer technical breadth of the role. Because we manage a wide spectrum of technologies, no two days are ever the same. I am constantly engaged in different areas of the infrastructure, which keeps the work exciting and prevents the “stagnation” often found in more rigid corporate structures.
What truly sets Taskrabbit apart is the culture of openness and innovation. The company actively supports new ideas. We are encouraged to suggest improvements and explore new tools to enhance our products. This level of support for change is rare and it creates a dynamic environment where an individual’s initiative can lead to tangible improvements in our global operations.
What advice would you give to jobseekers looking to join your growing team?
My primary advice is to be bold and stay curious. At Taskrabbit, we value engineers who aren’t afraid to speak up, share their ideas, or lean into their specific passions. Because we are growing and evolving, there is incredible room to carve out your own path.
Whether your expertise lies in security, automation, observability or scalability, there is a place for you to make a significant impact. Don’t hesitate to pursue the areas you are most passionate about. Our leadership is incredibly supportive of career growth that aligns with individual interests. If you are someone who enjoys autonomy and wants to be at the forefront of cloud infrastructure, you’ll find plenty of opportunities here to build something meaningful.
Intellistack is a secure workplace productivity platform built to produce ingenious solutions to the everyday work that slow organizations down.
What is your role and what attracted you to your company? Describe the moment when you knew you’d found the right fit.
I’m a senior product manager and I’ve been with Intellistack for over a decade now, which I think says a lot about the fit. What’s kept me engaged all these years is twofold. First, the platform itself has incredible variety. I get to see how different organizations structure their workflows, build their forms, manage documents and handle data in ways that make sense for them. That exposure to diverse business processes keeps the work interesting. Second, I’ve been able to move between roles here, going from customer experience to professional services to product. That kind of internal mobility can be rare and it’s shown me different sides of the business while letting me grow in directions I found compelling. The right fit moment wasn’t a single instance. It was the gradual realization that the company genuinely supports autonomy and innovation within boundaries. You have room to experiment and bring ideas forward and you get constructive feedback and actual opportunities to put those ideas into practice. That freedom, combined with the flexibility of a remote environment, created conditions where I could do my best work.
What’s your favorite part about working at your company? The projects, the team culture, the opportunities for career advancement?
It’s a combination of all three, but if I had to choose one, it’s the people. I’ve had the opportunity to work with several teams over the years and there’s a consistent thread of support across all of them. Even when discussions get tense or opinions differ, it remains collaborative. I trust the people on my team are putting their best foot forward and showing up to work together, which makes tackling challenging projects significantly more effective. The career mobility I mentioned earlier is a close second. Moving from CX to professional services to product gave me perspective I wouldn’t have gained staying in one lane and the company supported those transitions. The variety in the work itself keeps things engaging. But ultimately, it’s the team dynamic that makes me want to stick around.
What advice would you give to jobseekers looking to join your growing team?
Bring curiosity. You’re going to see how different organizations work, what challenges they face and how they use our platform to solve them. That exposure adds up quickly if you’re paying attention and it makes the work consistently interesting. There are also lots of opportunities to work with people across different teams who are genuinely collaborative, so don’t hesitate to ask questions and learn from others.
Also, embrace ambiguity as part of the role. You’ll have some autonomy to make decisions and shape your approach, but that means being comfortable moving forward without perfect information. If you see that as an opportunity rather than a barrier, you’ll thrive.
Wolverine Trading includes a number of diversified financial institutions specializing in proprietary trading, asset management, order execution services and technology solutions.
What is your role and what attracted you to your company? Describe the moment when you knew you’d found the right fit.
I joined Wolverine as a software engineer because the role checked a lot of boxes for me — C++, Chicago and yes, the free breakfast and lunch didn’t hurt. But I stayed because of the problems I get to solve and the people I get to solve them with. A few weeks after starting, I remember calling my parents and talking nonstop about work. When I finally paused, they said, “It sounds like you made the right job choice.” They were right. That was the moment I realized I’d found a place where I could grow, be challenged and genuinely enjoy what I do every day.
What’s your favorite part about working at your company? The projects, the team culture, the opportunities for career advancement?
One of my favorite parts of working at Wolverine is the complexity and variety of the problems we tackle. Every challenge has multiple potential solutions and the landscape is constantly shifting. I love taking a large, ambiguous problem, breaking it down, thinking through how it might evolve and designing something efficient and resilient. That combination of technical depth, creativity and forward-thinking keeps me engaged and excited to come in each day.
What advice would you give to jobseekers looking to join your growing team?
Think deeply and ask questions — lots of them. The trading world has many layers and no one understands them all on day one. Growth comes from leaning on the people around you, taking good notes and approaching every problem with multiple potential solutions before you write a single line of code. Curiosity and thoughtful problem-solving go a long way here.
Mastercard is a global payments company in the payments industry.
What is your role and what attracted you to your company? Describe the moment when you knew you’d found the right fit.
I work as a vulnerability analyst II, helping protect Mastercard’s systems and customers by identifying and analyzing security vulnerabilities before they can be exploited. I joined Mastercard because I wanted to be on the front lines of protecting millions of people and businesses from cyber threats and I was especially drawn to how seriously the company invests in security, innovation and modern vulnerability management.
The moment I knew I’d found the right fit was early on, when I experienced how genuinely welcoming and collaborative the culture is. I expected a large global company to feel formal or siloed, but instead I found approachable teammates, leaders who really listen and strong support through learning programs and employee communities. That combination of meaningful impact and real support confirmed I was exactly where I wanted to be.
What’s your favorite part about working at your company? The projects, the team culture, the opportunities for career advancement?
My favorite part about Mastercard is the impact you get to make behind the scenes by turning complex, messy data into clear, actionable insights that teams can actually use to strengthen protections. I enjoy validating findings, improving asset visibility, supporting remediation teams and strengthening coverage across environments so teams can reduce risk more effectively.
I also really value the collaborative culture. From team syncs and cross-functional forums, to guilds which provide communities of professional practice across business units and geographies and Unlocked, our internal platform for connecting employees to mentors and projects to advance skills and gain new experiences, there’s a strong sense of shared ownership and continuous learning. You’re encouraged to think critically, work across teams and keep improving how we protect Mastercard’s security posture, which makes the work both challenging and rewarding.
What advice would you give to jobseekers looking to join your growing team?
My advice would be to come in curious and ready to learn. The work involves digging into complex vulnerability data, validating what’s real versus noise and helping teams understand and remediate issues effectively, so being willing to think critically and ask questions goes a long way.
It also helps to enjoy collaboration. A big part of the role is guiding stakeholders, supporting remediation teams and working together to make vulnerability data more accurate and actionable. Mastercard offers strong learning resources, tools and communities that support growth, so if you’re motivated to build your skills while helping to secure the digital economy, you’ll find a lot of opportunities here.
Rula is a mental healthcare tech company.
What is your role and what attracted you to your company? Describe the moment when you knew you’d found the right fit.
What attracted me the most is Rula’s vision on mental healthcare, especially the key words “for everyone,” indicating its ambitious scale, quality and impact. When I met a few Rula leaders in person in Los Angeles, I knew I had found the team and partners I wanted to work with. That is the most important fit for me.
What’s your favorite part about working at your company? The projects, the team culture, the opportunities for career advancement?
The opportunity size of AI for mental healthcare is huge and Rula has the right foundation to make AI-assisted therapy a reality — the healthy business, the high-quality care providers, the fast iterative execution style, just to name a few. This is my most favorite part of working at Rula.
What advice would you give to jobseekers looking to join your growing team?
AI is a once-in-a-life-time opportunity for us AI/ML engineers and software engineers in general. To seize the opportunity, everyone is expected to work hard. However we care about each others’ well being, so we don’t expect you to work 70 hours per week (some companies do); instead, we help each other to work smart to move fast. Having a mindset of experimentation, frequent iterative improvements instead of one big drop, quick prototyping and demos, embracing AI as coding assistants, etc. is the key to your success on our growing team.
Bevi enables workplaces and commercial spaces to offer customizable, sustainable beverage experiences while reducing environmental impact.
What is your role and what attracted you to your company? Describe the moment when you knew you’d found the right fit.
I lead the data and data science team here at Bevi. What initially caught my attention was the sheer scope of the role — the opportunity to evolve a team from a startup mindset into a true scale-up enterprise function. We operate across the entire spectrum, from foundational data and analytics to “tip of the spear” AI initiatives. We aren’t just maintaining systems; we are paving new roads and solving complex, high-impact problems for every department in the business.
The “aha” moment for me was realizing how perfectly the culture and leadership aligned with the work. Our executive team is incredibly well-balanced: they are smart, analytical and focused, but also deeply empathetic and collaborative. Finding a leadership group that is this well-aligned and genuinely enjoys working together made it clear that this was the right environment for me to build something meaningful.
What’s your favorite part about working at your company? The projects, the team culture, the opportunities for career advancement?
My favorite part about Bevi is the opportunity to bring new and fresh ideas to transform what and how we do things. It’s about tackling complex, challenging problems and seeing the significant impact those solutions have on the company’s exponential growth — all at a company with a mission worth getting behind.
What advice would you give to job seekers looking to join your growing team?
The advice I would give to job seekers is to always remember that the interview is a two-way street. It’s as much about you finding the right fit for your career as it is about the company finding the right candidate. Our culture is defined by our values of ‘Own it,’ ‘Get better every day,’ and ‘Be humble,’ and those values describe the right type of candidate for Bevi.
firsthand helps individuals with serious mental illness engage with behavioral health, social support and healthcare.
What is your role and what attracted you to your company? Describe the moment when you knew you’d found the right fit.
As an analytics engineer, I was attracted to firsthand as a company that is doing amazing things for the community. I’ve seen the personal impacts of serious mental illness in my family and know how misunderstood and hard to treat these illnesses are. firsthand is using an innovative and empathetic approach in its care model and I knew I was in the right place after my first ride-along in the field. Individuals see us as partners in their recovery and health and seeing continual approval is rewarding.
What’s your favorite part about working at your company? The projects, the team culture, the opportunities for career advancement?
The engineering team here is highly collaborative. “Dumb questions” are encouraged and curiosity is high in meetings. We pair on projects for knowledge transfer and agility and have fun in our scrum ceremonies. The work we do is diverse and there are many opportunities to flex into tangential (infrastructure, data engineering) tasks to build new skills.
What advice would you give to jobseekers looking to join your growing team?
Let your personality and creativity shine! We are always looking for unique personalities to round out the group. Curiosity and humility are as important as knowledge and confidence. It’s a great place for someone who wants to round out their technical skillset in a strong mission-driven environment.
