A curated list of established remote/distributed/virtual tech companies. The criteria for inclusion are intentionally vague, but the general idea is to include only established tech companies for which a significant portion of the workforce works remotely. Established means that each company is either well-funded or profitable, and tech means that they have more than a handful of software development roles.
Updates to inclusion criteria:
- 2019-02: To make things a bit less vague and avoid ending up with a huge list, I stopped adding companies that have fewer than 50 employees. I will also remove small companies from the list at some stage.
- 2020-04: To make this list more useful to a global audience, companies that don't hire engineers across multiple timezone regions are no longer included. The timezone regions are roughly: Americas, Europe-Africa, and Asia-Pacific.
Pull requests are welcome. Please keep the list in alphabetical order.
Note: I started this list as a way of finding companies I may want to work with. These days, I work as a remote data scientist with Automattic. You can visit my website to read about my application path and my thoughts on the experience so far. You can also check out this video of a talk I gave on a day in the life of a remote data scientist. TL;DR: Remote work is awesome! :)
Company | Business/products | Tech stack/skills | Globally-competitive compensation? | Hiring From | Job page & other links |
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10up | Web consulting | WordPress, PHP, Node, Web | β | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
Airpush | Mobile Advertising | Go, Java, PHP, Angular, Python, Web, Mobile | β | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
Auth0 | Identity Management | Node, Web | β | 7 countries | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
Automattic | WordPress & more | PHP, Java, Web, Mobile, Node | β | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
Balsamiq | Wireframing | JavaScript, Web | β | Italy, France, Germany, US | β¨οΈ Jobs |
Bandcamp | Music publishing platform | Ruby, Web | ? | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
Basecamp | Collaboration tools | Ruby, Web | β | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs |
BriteCore | Insurance technology platform | Python, Mobile | β | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
Buffer | Social media tools | PHP, Node, Web, Mobile | β | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor π° Salary formula |
Canonical | Ubuntu dev & support | C, C++, Python, DevOps | β | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
Chef | IT automation | Ruby, DevOps | β | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
chess.com | Online chess | Java, mobile, etc.. | ? | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs |
Clevertech | Dev consulting | Many (see job page) | β | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
Cloudbeds | Hospitality Software | Web, DevOps | β | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
Cloudbees | CI/CD, Jenkins, Codeship | Java, Web, Go, Vuejs, Rails | β | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
Codelathe | Enterprise File Sharing, Sync and Backup | PHP, Web, Node, C++ | β | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
ConsenSys | Blockchain studio | Many (see job page) | ? | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
Crossover | Full-time long-term projects | Many (see job page) | β | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
DataDog | Monitoring & analytics | Scala, Java, Python, Go | β | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
DataRobot | Data science as a service | Python, R, Web, data stuff | ? | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
DataStax | Enterprise Cassandra | Cassandra, Java, DevOps | β | US/EU only | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
DigitalOcean | Infrastructure as a service | C++, Go, Ruby, Perl, Web | β | US/EU only | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
Doist | Productivity and team communication apps | Web, Mobile | β | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
Dribbble | Where Designers get Inspired & Hired | Ruby, Web, Mobile | β | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs |
DuckDuckGo | Web search engine | Perl, Web, Mobile | ? | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs |
Elastic | Elasticsearch as a service | Java, DevOps, Web | β | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
Envato | Sites for creatives | Ruby, Web | β | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
Eyeo | AdBlock Plus & More | Many | ? | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
Gatsby | Platform for managing JAMstack websites | Web, Node, React, TypeScript | β | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
Genuitec | Eclipse-based tools | Java, Eclipse, Web, Mobile | ? | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
Ghost | Publishing platform | Node, Web | β | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs |
Giant Swarm | Managed Kubernetes | Kubernetes, Go | β | EU/US | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
GitHub | GitHub | Git, Ruby, Web | β | 15+ countries | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
GitLab | GitLab | Git, Ruby, Web | β | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs π° Salary calculator πͺ Glassdoor |
Gradle | Gradle Enterprise & build tool | Many (see job page) | β | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
HashiCorp | Infrastructure as a service | Java, Web, Go, Rails | β | US, Canada, UK, Germany, Netherlands, Australia | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
Help Scout | Help desk software | Java, Web | β | Anywhere with at least 4 hrs overlap with Boston, MA | β¨οΈ Jobs |
Heroku | Backend hosting | Ruby, Go, Web, DevOps | β | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor (acquired by Salesforce.com) |
Igalia | Embedded development, browsers | C++ | ? | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs |
inVision | Design prototyping platform | Go, Node, Web, Mobile | β | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
Jackson River | Nonprofit IT consulting | PHP, Drupal, Web | ? | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
Jitbit Software | Help desk software | ASP.NET, C#, JavaScript | ? | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs |
Linaro | Embedded development, Compilers | C, C++ | ? | UK, US & Canada | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
Lullabot | Design & dev consulting | PHP, Drupal, Web | β | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
madewithlove | Web & software development | PHP, Laravel, React +Native, Javascript, Web | β | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs |
MailerLite | Email marketing software | Many | β | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
MarsBased | Web & mobile dev consultancy | Ruby on Rails, Angular, Ionic, Javascript, Web | β | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs |
Mapillary | Street-level imagery platform | Python, Javascript, Ruby, Java, Shell | β | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs |
Mattermost | Enterprise collaboration platform | Go, React | β | 14 countries | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
Mobile Jazz | Software development | PHP, Web, Mobile, Design | β | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
Mozilla | Firefox & more | C++, Web, Mobile | β | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
nearForm | Remote projects & more | Node.js, Web, Mobile | β | US, EU | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
Olark | Live chat widgets | Ruby, Web | β | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
onTheGoSystems | WordPress plugins | WordPress, PHP, Web | ? | Anywhere with at least 4 hrs overlap over EU time zone | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
OβReilly Media | Technology training | Python, Web, Mobile | ? | ? | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
Original Eight | Web consulting | PHP, Drupal, Web | ? | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs |
Parse.ly | Web content analytics SaaS | Python, Javascript, DevOps, Web | β | US, Canada, EU, UK | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
Platform.sh | Continuous deployment cloud hosting | Many | ? | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs |
Pythian | Data & IT consulting | DBA, DevOps | β | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
RedHat | Red Hat Linux Distribution | Many | ? | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
Redox | Healthcare API Platform | Node, React, API, Networking | β | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
Scrapinghub | Scraping as a service | Python, Web | β | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
ScyllaDB | Real-Time Big Data Database, DBaaS | C++, GoLang, Python, Linux, DevOps | β | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
Shogun | Ecommerce products | Ruby on Rails, React | β | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
Sonatype | Software chain automation | Java, Groovy, DevOps | β | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
Square | Square, Cash App | Many | β | Depends on position | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow & more | .NET, Web | β | US / EU | β¨οΈ Jobs π Philosophy π° Salary calculator πͺ Glassdoor |
SUSE | SUSE Linux distribution | Many | ? | ? | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
Time Doctor | Time Tracking Tool | PHP, Node, Angular, Web, Mobile | ? | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
Toggl | Time Tracking Tool | Go, Ruby, PostgreSQL, Mobile, Web | β | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
Toptal | Tech freelancer marketplace | Ruby, Rails, React, GraphQL, Web, Kubernetes | β | Anywhere | πͺ Core team positions π» Apply as a developer πͺ Glassdoor |
Trello | Trello | Node, Mobile, Web | β | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor (acquired by Atlassian) |
Tyk | Cloud native API Management, open source | Go, Web, DevOps | β | UK, US, Singapore | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
Wikimedia | Wikipedia | Web, PHP | β | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
Xapo | Financial Technology | Mobile, Web, Python | β | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
XWP | Remote full-time projects | Web, WordPress | β | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
X-team | Remote full-time projects | Mobile, Web | β | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
You Need A Budget | Budgeting Application | Ruby, Mobile, Web | β | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
Zapier | App connectors | Python, Node, Web | β | Anywhere | β¨οΈ Jobs πͺ Glassdoor |
Notes:
- Web covers the usual front-end skills, Mobile usually means iOS and Android, and DevOps is listed for companies where this is one of the main focus areas.
- Globally-competitive compensation means that the company doesn't use remote workers as a source of cheap labour. For compensation to be globally competitive, the company should offer packages that are comparable to market rates in major tech hubs.
- Awesome Remote Job (markdown file of remote working resources)
- List of Startups with distributed teams, remote staff & multiple offices (Google Sheet)
- Work Remote Company List (less detailed Google Sheet)
- FlexJobs posts: 26 Virtual Companies That Thrive on Remote Work (2014) | 76 Virtual Companies and Distributed Teams (2015) | 125 Virtual Companies That Embrace Remote Working (2016)
- 5 Successful Examples of "Distributed Workforce" Companies (staff.com blog)
- Virtual Companies: How and Why to Invest in Remote Teams (8 companies; Hubstaff blog)
- The Pros and Cons of Working Remotely by @spreaker
- Remote Only: Manifesto, tips, company list, and more
- AngelList remote job collection
- Authentic Jobs
- FlexJobs
- NODESK
- Remote4me
- RemoteBase
- Remote.co
- Remote | OK
- Remotive
- Stack Overflow remote job listings
- WeWorkRemotely
- Working Nomads
Note: There seem to be hundreds of remote job aggregators, and new ones keep emerging. This is just a sample. If you want to add an aggregator, it should have more traffic than most of the above sites.