Whether or not you’re formalizing a list of New Year’s resolutions, change is in the calendar and probably on your mind.
If that change is career-related, we’re here to help. We’ve compiled a list of five tech companies making moves and growing fast in the year to come.
And it just so happens, they’re all hiring. What are the odds?
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Founded in: 2013
HQ: Culver City
What they do: Clutter is the on-demand answer to the universally dreaded task of putting things in storage. The company creates a digital record of all the items it holds, and allows customers to request their stuff back one item at a time.
Joining Clutter now is like joining Amazon during its first five years.”
Insider scoop: “Joining Clutter now is like joining Amazon during its first five years,” said Ari Mir, Clutter co-founder and CEO, of working at the company. “If you’re long-term focused as a member of the team, there will be a variety of opportunities along the way to gain exposure to new ideas and problems and fulfill your career goals.”
Founded in: 2013
HQ: Playa Vista
What they do: Flexport is a global shipping company with a technological twist. The company’s online dashboard helps businesses purchase, manage and track their global freight needs while ensuring the goods get where they need to go.
Complexity and challenge inspire growth, and everyday at Flexport we are energized to improve, innovate and expand.”
Insider scoop: “If you want to change your reality, change your routine. When you are looking for opportunities, ask yourself if it puts you in position to make an impact on this world. Complexity and challenge inspire growth, and everyday at Flexport we are energized to improve, innovate and expand,” Alexandria Smith, a senior sales development manager at Flexport shared.
Founded in: 2011
HQ: Los Angeles (Westchester)
What they do: Appetize makes a tech-age point of sale (POS) system used by everyone from the Los Angeles County Football Club to the famous Coney Island amusement park.
Appetize gives engineers the opportunity to work with very high-volume software, leveraged by the biggest names in entertainment.”
Insider scoop: “Appetize gives engineers the opportunity to work with very high-volume software, leveraged by the biggest names in entertainment. Visiting a major sports venue or theme park to see our work in action can be an inspiring, rewarding and educational experience,” said Alain Avakian, CTO at Appetize, of working at the company.
Founded in: 2007
HQ: Culver City (formerly, Washington D.C.)
What they do: sweetgreen is a salad company and a tech company, all wrapped up in one. They’re using the latest tech to shake up the fast casual industry and inspire healthier communities all around the country.
There has never been a better time to join the company as we build the next generation of food system that will change the world.”
Insider scoop: “Here at sweetgreen, we’re looking for brilliant people who like to solve big problems,” Ken Cottle, sweetgreen’s director of engineering, told us. “There aren’t many restaurants that are leveraging their own technology in support of internal operations, let alone to prioritize the customer. We are one of the few companies doing just that. We’re growing our engineering team and capabilities and are working to create best in class solutions that support our business first, refusing to accept the legacy tech that other restaurants merely work around. There has never been a better time to join the company as an engineer and as we build the next generation of food system that will change the world.”
Founded in: 2015
HQ: Downtown LA
What they do: Ever opened a shipment and thought that the packaging was as much of a gift as what comes inside? Lumi is probably the company behind that shipment, with partners like the Wall Street Journal, Parachute Home, Mailchimp and ShaveFace.
We really think about how what we do affects each other, our customers and our manufacturing partners.”
Insider scoop: “Not many companies put a focus on empathy like Lumi does. We really think about how what we do affects each other, our customers and our manufacturing partners,” said Jackie Koch, Lumi’s head of people.
