All across New York City, tech companies are searching for fresh talent to bring their innovations to life – especially after having the last year to plant big ideas and nothing but time waiting for the right conditions to sprout.
Throughout the pandemic, city residents relied on everything from restaurant and grocery deliveries to at-home workouts and alternative methods of transportation after the world shut down. And who exactly lay behind each app or request? A tech team extending a hand of relief or support.
Well, NYC has never been one to take things slowly, and as the world reemerges, so too do those previously remote-only teams hungry for growth.
In part one of Built In NYC’s roundup of featured companies, the following seven organizations have set themselves apart from the rest of the pack with their innovative products, unique employee benefits, breakout success stories with name drop-worthy clients, and drive to create change for the better.
What they do: Trail of Bits provides security for targeted organizations and products by designing and building new tech to stay ahead of hackers.
Cross-industry skill sets: “Our culture emphasizes engagement in academic research, and our team frequently publishes work in journals and conference proceedings,” Senior Security Engineer Ben Perez previously told Built In. “Having a team full of people engaged in both academia and software assurance opens up avenues for collaboration and knowledge-sharing I haven’t seen elsewhere.”
Bundled benefits: Company perks include a complimentary Citi Bike membership for easy commuting, flexible gym benefits with ClassPass, 401(k) matching, relocation assistance and home office stipends.
What they do: Radar is a location data infrastructure company helping product and growth teams build location-aware app experiences, from hailing a ride to tagging photos to ordering food.
Making a difference: For Juneteenth this year, Radar partnered with four additional tech companies to make leading SaaS tools free for early-stage startups led by black founders to help accelerate their growth over the course of a year.
Client roster: Their impressive client list includes companies like American Eagle, Peet’s Coffee, Zappos, T-Mobile, cars.com and more.
What they do: Online video creation platform Animoto seeks to make it easy for any user to drag and drop their way to powerful and professional marketing videos.
Decorated with accolades: The platform has received award recognition from SXSW for “Best Film/Video Website,” NBC’s Tech Now, BBC’s Click for “Top Pick,” the American Business Awards and more.
Extra benefits: Animoto has a documented equal pay policy. The company also provides fitness subsidies, free lunches on Mondays, performance bonuses and a continuing education stipend.
What they do: Vise’s AI-powered asset management platform helps financial advisors automate investment management and customize portfolios based on portfolio analytics.
Optimistic for the future: “We’re bringing fresh ideas and transformation to a longstanding industry,” Niki Sri-Kumar, vice president of product, previously told Built In. “It would be easy to get discouraged by the size and complexity of the problem, but our optimism encourages us to see the size of opportunity and impact we can have. There is so much positive energy and excitement within the team about what we’re building and the progress we’re seeing.”
Current openings: Vise has opportunities for job seekers reigning from every background, including UX writer, head of design, senior software engineers (frontend and backend), product designer, director of sales and more roles.
What they do: IEX Group was established as a way to put investors first and eliminate the unfair advantages that exist in today’s stock market.
Overcoming unique challenges: “Real-time streaming data is a very interesting challenge,” Head of Software Engineering Tim Paine previously told Built In. “At IEX Cloud, we’re building a system that can handle millions of concurrent subscribers and deliver massive amounts of data in as low latency a way as possible. Operating at this scale, you often run up against bugs or problems in your code and the services that you use. It is exciting to explore what things are breaking and how they’re breaking.”
Tech toolbox: Engineers work with JavaScript monorepo leveraging React/Redux on the front end, Node.JS/Express for the back end, Redis, Apache Kafka and SingleStore.
What they do: quantilope is an Agile Insights platform transforming the speed and complexity of market research.
Impressive acquisitions: In July, respected market research professional Stan Sthanunathan joined the company’s team as a strategic board advisor. “International insights automation technology provider quantilope is welcoming Stan Sthanunathan as a new board advisor to support its continued growth and global expansion. He has significantly transformed the insights function of leading international brands such as Unilever and The Coca Cola Company,” quantilope stated in a press release.
Current openings: Looking to join the team? quantilope’s New York office is currently looking to fill multiple positions including a senior research analyst, SaaS sales development representative, client development manager and a research consultant team lead.
What they do: Offering digital products and services to help brands grow, Work & Co collaborates intensively with clients to streamline the creative process.
Collaboration-fueled success: “Our teams work cross-functionally across design, product, engineering and QA,” Product Management Partner Narguess Noshirvani previously told Built In. “Each discipline is actively involved throughout the project development cycle. This involvement allows for greater alignment across key components of our product delivery process. It also makes our end result smarter.”
Coolest perks: Work & Co offers generous PTO, an industry-leading parental leave policy, mental health benefits and 401(k) matching. They also work with major clients and have small, collaborative teams that allow employees to make a big impact.
