On the third Monday of the past 126 Aprils, runners from all walks of life made the pilgrimage from rural Hopkinton, down Route 135, through Ashland, Framingham, Newton Hills and Brookline, to the famously verdant Copley Square. For 26.2 sweaty miles the Boston Marathoners persist — following the historical path of the Patriot’s Day runners before them.
Boston has an affinity for traditions like its marathon, but that doesn’t stop one of America’s oldest cities from housing some of the fastest-growing companies in tech.
Not far from the finish line is Amazon’s Bostonian hub, which is slated to complete its expansion in the next two years. Hubspot, Acquia, PathAI, Embark and more are all located within a five-mile radius. With CB Insights reporting a record-breaking $32 billion year of funding for Beantown startups in 2021 — and 2022 poised to match — there has never been a better time to join the Boston tech scene.
Built In Boston curated a list of 12 burgeoning tech companies, all of which are hiring now. For job seekers looking to put their best foot forward in AI, edtech and beyond, these industry leaders are career destinations.
Lovers of platitudes will tell you that your career is a marathon, not a sprint — and they would be right. We talked with leaders in Boston tech to learn more about what they look for in professionals hoping to join their teams for the long haul.
PathAI is a biotech company that seeks to improve patient outcomes via AI-powered technology.
What’s one word you would use to describe your colleagues?
Collaborative. This is a trait that I look for in my colleagues, especially during my interview process. Success stems from the collaboration that occurs within a team. If I am to succeed in my role, I need to lean on the strengths of my colleagues — a lot of that comes through collaboration.
I enjoy colleagues who are open minded and are willing to let me bounce ideas off them. I appreciate different viewpoints that others bring to the table and being able to grow alongside one another.
Artificial intelligence is allowing us to do what was not possible a decade ago.”
Why is your industry an exciting place to work right now?
The biotech industry is always on the edge of something new. People working in this industry are discovering and developing innovative solutions to solve some of the biggest challenges researchers, providers and patients are facing in healthcare today.
That is exactly what we’re doing at PathAI. Artificial intelligence is allowing us to do what was not possible a decade ago. PathAI’s machine learning algorithms aid in the development of new drugs and serve as a diagnostic tool to more accurately diagnose patients and get them on the treatments they need sooner.
Acquia is an open-source software company that provides digital experiences to forward-thinking brands.
What’s one word you would use to describe your colleagues?
Passion. I’m so lucky to work at Acquia — everyone is so passionate about what they do. I recently went to our sales and marketing kickoff and had the chance to attend sessions with our global teams. Being there reiterated how smart, curious and creative my colleagues are.
Spending time with people who are genuinely excited by what they do is infectious. As a Global Senior Manager of Talent Acquisition, I get to contribute to hiring people who have integrity, dare to be different, jump into challenges and — as we say at Acquia — are “committed to awesome.”
As consumers, we all know the importance of a great digital experience. At Acquia, we get to be part of enhancing that experience.”
Why is your industry an exciting place to work right now?
The software industry is characterized by innovation and constant evolution, which makes the work we do at Acquia interesting and challenging. The martech space is particularly cool because our technology helps customers better reach their own customers and employees.
As consumers, we all know the importance of a great digital experience. At Acquia, we get to be part of enhancing that experience.
Acquia was named a leader in the 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Digital Experience Platforms (DXP). In relation to hiring talent, we were recently listed as one the Best Place to work by Built in Boston.
Ellevation Education is a web-based software platform designed for educators and the English learners they serve.
What’s one word you would use to describe your colleagues?
Adaptable. If there is something the pandemic taught us is that we needed to find creative ways to connect and support educators by understanding their specific needs.
We exist because we believe every student in America deserves an opportunity to achieve — this is reflected in our hiring policies.
We hire people that advocate for equity and understand English language learners on a deeper level. Many team members were English language learners themselves! We collaborate and iterate as many times as needed to ensure our solutions are hitting the target for all the educators and students we serve.
We strive to build diverse teams, to learn from all experiences, backgrounds and talents, and to constantly question the status quo. We are in the business of enriching our partners’ journeys every step of the way.
Donating to the Red Cross won’t cut it anymore. These students need allies that will work for their success in a new country.”
Why is your industry an exciting place to work right now?
This is the best time to work at Ellevation! If you are wondering how you can support the rest of the world right now, our mission is for you. Our country is changing rapidly: We are welcoming so many new English language learners from around the world every day.
Donating to the Red Cross won’t cut it anymore. These students need allies that will work for their success in a new country.
Here, representation matters! As an advocate for multilingual education, you show English language learners how they can succeed in the future. If you learned another language growing up and understand the challenges these students face, we are waiting for you.
Imagine telling a student that you were an English language learner just like them a few years ago. Your impact can change trajectories worldwide — one student at a time.
Jobcase is a social media platform that collaborates with employers, nonprofits and government agencies to improve access in the workforce.
What’s one word you would use to describe your colleagues?
Passionate. Jobcase looks for people who are passionate about our mission to empower and advocate for the world’s workers. Our engineering team acts on this mission every day, developing new features to help over 100 million members navigate work life.
In potential colleagues, we look for people who care for our members like we do — people who are driven to learn about and utilize new technologies for the benefit of others.
We look for people who care for our members like we do.”
Why is your industry an exciting place to work right now?
Our industry is an exciting place to work right now because of how much the job market has changed during Covid-19. Many of the workers most affected by the pandemic are a part of the Jobcase community. We provide access to the jobs and support they need to get ahead. As a popular online career resource in the US, Jobcase is well-positioned to help connect and empower workers.
Jobcase also empowers employees in-house as well. Starting this job out of college, I have been given multiple opportunities to grow my skill set and career, both technically and personally — something I am very appreciative of.
Kyruus is a healthtech company that helps alleviate unmet needs in healthcare with patient access technology.
What’s one word you would use to describe your colleagues?
Dedicated. Every employee here at Kyruus is truly dedicated to our mission, which is recognized daily in every function of the organization. As a principal talent acquisition partner, I work closely with our product and engineering teams. I can speak to the fact that each team member is dedicated to solving difficult and important technical challenges that impact Kyruus’ ability to grow and scale.
We look for talented individuals who have the skills to do the job and possess the aptitude and eagerness to learn and contribute to making healthcare work better for everyone.
Everyone is a consumer of healthcare.”
Why is your industry an exciting place to work right now?
Let’s face it: In terms of technology, healthcare has fallen behind other industries. This has become a huge problem. Everyone is a consumer of healthcare. The work we are doing at Kyruus to remove barriers and provide patients to access the care they need has a universal impact.
With our acquisition of HealthSparq last year, we are now enabling unprecedented payer-provider connectivity to make it easier for people to navigate and schedule care — regardless of where they start their search. We are also building momentum in emerging markets, including partnerships with other digital health companies and new channels for data distribution and online appointment scheduling.
Mirakl is an e-commerce company that provides B2C and B2B marketplace solutions for innovative customers.
What’s one word you would use to describe your colleagues?
Tenacity. Professionals at Mirakl are making the marketplace model available to every enterprise and driving growth for our 300+ customers. Passion and resolution are contagious at Mirakl, and we look for people who want to make an impact. We roll up our sleeves to get the job done and celebrate the French way — with bubbly.
We roll up our sleeves to get the job done and celebrate the French way — with bubbly.”
Why is your industry an exciting place to work right now?
E-commerce is exciting because it has seen extraordinary growth over the past two years, and marketplaces have captured the majority of that new growth.
Adapting a marketplace strategy means providing your business the ability and agility to offer more products and services in a curated way that ultimately satisfies a consumer with increasingly high expectations. Being a part of Mirakl provides a unique opportunity to help companies adopt the most sophisticated expression of e-commerce and stay competitive in an ultra-demanding market.
Vestmark is a fintech company that empowers institutions and financial advisors to effectively manage their client portfolios.
What’s one word you would use to describe your colleagues?
Focused. Everyone at Vestmark is focused on the mission — which is to help our clients grow their businesses. Our leadership is transparent and consistent about communicating the mission: understanding that we succeed by helping our clients succeed is the focus here.
No matter where you are in the organization, traits like creativity, problem-solving, teamwork and flexibility, openness and curiosity to learn new things, excellent communication and — ultimately — accountability are paramount to success.
Understanding that we succeed by helping our clients succeed is the focus here.”
Why is your industry an exciting place to work right now?
The rapid pace of change in marketplace dynamics, competitive pressures, investor expectations and demands, new entrants into the market and trends in advisor demographics have all brought technology to the forefront of the wealth management industry.
Fintech — specifically in the wealth management space — plays an important role in driving innovation and enabling wealth management firms to keep pace with the ever more digital and virtual world.
Vestmark plays an important and exciting role in that our technology and services help firms bring more sophisticated, personalized investment solutions to investors in a very efficient way.
Cohere Health is a technology company that aims to eliminate administrative burden from healthcare.
What’s one word you would use to describe your colleagues?
Driven. Everyone here is incredibly hard working and ambitious — they are motivated to use machine learning and NLP skills to create great impact in the clinical field and improve the healthcare industry. They constantly set reachable targets, make gradual improvements and always know what to prioritize in order to reach the goal.
When looking for potential colleagues, I seek out enthusiasm and creativity. Potential colleagues should have something that we can learn from. I hope that they are easy to collaborate with and passionate about improving the US healthcare system.
We also have the opportunity to attend renowned machine learning conferences.”
How has your skill set and overall career grown at this company?
Since working at Cohere, I have developed both my technical and soft skills. Through various feature extraction projects, I have learned state-of-the-art techniques for information retrieval in healthcare NLP and have developed more software engineering skills — such as implementing scalable pipelines for the machine learning models.
We also have the opportunity to attend renowned machine learning conferences, where I gained more domain knowledge and studied the latest breakthrough techniques.
I have also developed leadership skills. Prior to working at Cohere, I rarely had the opportunity to take ownership of projects. Although collaboration is still highly advocated, we never lack the chance to take the lead on projects.
LogicManager is a security software company that helps organizations manage surprises before they happen.
What’s one word you would use to describe your colleagues?
Helpful. Everyone is always willing to lend a hand or jump on a call to explain something. Even with most people working remotely, the collaborative culture has never changed.
Some traits I look for in potential colleagues are curiosity, reliability and open-mindedness.
Everyone is always willing to lend a hand or jump on a call to explain something.”
How has your skill set and overall career grown at this company?
LogicManager has given me the opportunity to grow throughout my time here. I started out in a customer support role, where I learned an enormous amount about effective communication. There, I was able to work on side projects that allowed me to discover where I wanted to grow within the company. I was then able to transition to the Product team and use my skills in new and exciting ways.
Embark Veterinary is a pet healthtech platform that educates pet owners about their dog’s breed, health and ancestry with canine DNA technology.
What’s one word you would use to describe your colleagues?
Empathetic. My colleagues at Embark are unusually good listeners and incredibly thoughtful about what their colleagues and customers may be experiencing. I am consistently impressed with them — but maybe it isn’t surprising that people who want to work at a company where they can improve the lives of dogs and dog owners are especially considerate.
I really believe that we are doing fascinating, cutting-edge science that can have a huge impact on canine health and deepen our overall understanding of genetics and disease.”
Why is your industry an exciting place to work right now, and what role does your company play within it?
The space that Embark Veterinary occupies is so exciting. I really believe that we are doing fascinating, cutting-edge science that can have a huge impact on canine health and deepen our overall understanding of genetics and disease.
Profitwell is a fintech company that helps companies solve the most complicated aspects of growth in subscription technology.
What’s one word you would use to describe your colleagues?
Diligent. Everyone at ProfitWell cares tremendously about what they do and their impact on the greater team. I’ve seen Engineers ask to be a part of product marketing conversations to better understand the decisions behind how we position the features they build. I’ve seen Creative Producers ask to join customer support calls to learn how to better tailor our content to resonate with our users.
We foster an environment that is very collaborative and encourages individuals to be their best. People are most successful at ProfitWell when they are unafraid to venture out of their lane to learn, think critically and be disagreeable. We need folks who are willing to challenge the status quo and not settle for the path of least resistance.
We need folks who are willing to challenge the status quo and not settle for the path of least resistance.”
How has your skill set and overall career grown at this company?
One of the best things about working at ProfitWell is how hard the company strives to grow individuals into roles that they’ll not only love but thrive in. When I first joined the company, I worked on content and event production with the media team. Two years in, I wanted to pivot to a career in product and was met with an overwhelming amount of guidance and support.
The creative design expertise that I gained from my previous role gives me a unique edge. Being able to quickly communicate ideas visually to engineering and design teams has made collaboration infinitely more efficient. Given the multifaceted nature of the PM role at ProfitWell, I have gained skills in areas that I never dreamed of, like customer success and sales.
After less than two years of project managing at ProfitWell, I now own the roadmap and lead development for one of our three core products: Retain. It’s been a wild ride, and I can't wait to see what the next few years have in store.
Cambridge Semantics is an enterprise data management and exploratory analytics software company.
What’s one word you would use to describe your colleagues?
Passion. There is an undeniable love for helping our customers make practical what has previously been impossible. There is incredible passion in the way we help customers: Our knowledge graph technology allows us to deliver powerful results for the world's most sophisticated, data-consuming organizations.
My colleagues are also smart, tech savvy and driven. They love intellectual challenges and working with leading edge technology.
There is an undeniable love for helping our customers make practical what has previously been impossible.”
Why is your industry an exciting place to work right now?
Harnessed data is vital to the digital transformation initiatives driving the vast new revenue opportunities. The world of data is booming, and the possibilities are compounding quickly.
Enterprises are turning to knowledge graph technology to answer their previously unanswered questions. Our data integration capability has uniquely positioned Cambridge Semantics as a pioneer in the field, and our people at the forefront of the curve.
Our customers deploy our technology to establish their data fabric overlays and
digital twins. Our knowledge graphs accelerate the provision of new combinations of unstructured and structured sources into rich data products that constantly deliver new business value.
