Year after year, New York City continually ranks as one of the largest tech ecosystem in the world, currently home to 9,000+ startups valued at $147 billion and one of the deepest talent pools.
With such a large quantity of companies, roles, and professionals, it comes as no surprise that Startup Genome ranked New York City as one of the most diverse cosmopolitan cities. The Big Apple boasts 8.5 million residents, over 400,000 woman-owned businesses, and a large population of tech workers, nearly half of whom are born internationally.
When Tech in Motion released a nationwide call for nominations in our six award categories, we were pleased to see New York’s diverse tech population represented by companies ranging in size from startup to enterprise and across all industries.
While the fierce competition made it difficult to decide, Tech in Motion selected these fourteen companies and three managers to represent New York City’s best in tech as 2020 Timmy Awards finalists.
Continue below to find out more about the companies selected and what makes these employers ‘award-worthy’ when it comes to keeping tech talent engaged.
The New York's Best Places to Work
Even Financial
At a Glance:
Founded in 2015, Even Financial (“Even”) is a B2B fintech company that is transforming the way financial institutions find and connect with consumers. Simply put, Even Financial is evolving the financial services industry from an era of customer acquisition based on mismatched static ads, to one where consumers are matched with programmatic, personalized offers in real time.
Top Perks, Benefits or Stand Outs:
Company equity, remote work program, unlimited PTO
What Employees are Saying:
“I've worked for Even for almost 2 years and have worked with some of the brightest colleagues there. Unlike my previous company, all decisions are data-driven and there's a great focus on quantitative measurements of all goals. Employees seem happy and content, even after moving to an all-remote environment thanks to COVID. Unlimted vacation, a stipend to make your home work environment more habitable, Classpass, and a mandatory vacation day a month. Management has focused on transparency during these tough times around vision and goals which has strengthened confidence in them and the company. Even has huge potential growth opportunities that make it an exciting place to work.”
Knotch
At a Glance:
Knotch is the independent standard for content marketing ROI. Knotch helps CMOs & their teams measure and impact the outcome of their content efforts via real-time, actionable intelligence across all of their content investment.
Top Perks, Benefits or Stand Outs:
Unlimited PTO, company equity, performance bonuses
What Employees are Saying:
"Our mission breaks the mold by empowering brands and consumers to own their voice online and internally, we are empowering employees to own their voice in the workplace. As the working world turns digital, we’ve incorporated this remote lifestyle into our culture, and are meeting together online in community, in celebration, in collaboration and in reflection. So yes, we still have happy hours, cultural events, and our mental health lunches - all online. We’re using Slack to share ideas and even silly stories, and we’ve seen a happy and productive team as a result."
Radar
At a Glance:
Radar is a privacy-first, developer-friendly location data infrastructure startup that provides tools for companies looking to build location-aware app experiences. Radar was founded in 2016 as an easy-to-use, more powerful alternative to existing DIY options, confronting industry pain points head on.
Top Perks, Benefits or Stand Outs:
Company equity, remote work program, unlimited PTO
What Employees are Saying:
“One of the best parts of working at Radar is how much the customers love the product. I feel like most of that can be contributed to the leadership being laser-focused on building a great product experience. With the CEO coming from a technical background, an engineering culture has been instilled into the company from day one. Being on the engineering team here means you're seen as a pivotal part of the company's success, and not just a cog to develop features. At this time the team is still relatively small, so the impact of each person is huge, and there's a ton of opportunity for growth.”
At a Glance:
Aircall is the phone system for modern business. An entirely cloud-based voice platform that integrates seamlessly with popular productivity and helpdesk tools that workplaces are already using, Aircall was built to make phone support as easy to manage as any other business workflow—accessible, transparent, and collaborative.
Top Perks, Benefits or Stand Outs:
Employee stock purchase plan, child care benefits, flexible work schedule
What Employees are Saying:
“Great place to work, extremely transparent company(rare for startups) along with fun and engaging colleagues that just yields a relaxed yet challenging atmosphere. The multi lingual environment is a plus as well."
Viventium
At a Glance:
Viventium Software Inc. is a SaaS-based human capital management solution that provides a remarkable user experience and design anyone can use with ease. Viventium provides flexible software and expert guidance so clients can be sure their payroll is done right.
Top Perks, Benefits or Stand Outs:
Great team environment, opportunity for growth and advancement
What Employees are Saying:
“Viventium is a great work culture, both in the office and at home for a few reasons. For one, the team is very personal, and you truly are working with friends. The vibe is about teaching each other, and not about calling each other out for faults. The team also has personal one-on-ones on a monthly basis, to discuss whatever they would like that is not worked related. This a cool element that really adds to the culture. There’s also a no-fluff attitude. Every team member is to the point, has a great impact for the company, and Viventium recognizes this and is very rewarding."
Infragistics
At a Glance:
Infragistics is a worldwide leader in providing tools and solutions to accelerate application design and development, provide insights, and foster collaboration within organizations.
Top Perks, Benefits or Stand Outs:
On-site chef, relaxed dress code, 24-hour access to fitness center, open PTO
What Employees are Saying:
“Infragistics nurtures a culture of inclusion, creativity, and respect, even after normal working hours and during a crisis when all employees are working from home. Infragistics takes advantage of technology that enables global employees to connect, share their knowledge, and better themselves in ways you won’t find anywhere else.”
HomeLight
At a Glance:
HomeLight’s vision is a world where every real estate transaction is simple, certain and satisfying. HomeLight's proprietary algorithm crunches through home sales data to determine which agents are best equipped to fulfill the needs of each home buyer and seller. HomeLight's agent matching service matched over 671K buyers and sellers to top agents since its inception in 2012.
Top Perks, Benefits or Stand Outs:
Employee-led resource groups, close-knit team
What Employees are Saying:
“Management and leadership does a wonderful job in highlighting my strengths, while also coaching me and challenging me to continue to grow and improve in my role. Employees across the board from other teams and departments are incredibly friendly and helpful! It's great to feel like I'm contributing to the company's goals and employees really do take pride in their work everyday!”
Rokt
At a Glance:
Rokt makes e-commerce smarter, faster and better. When customers are buying online, they increasingly expect more personalized and relevant experiences. Rokt uses real time data and decisioning to deliver the next best action for each person in each Transaction Moment™.
Top Perks, Benefits or Stand Outs:
Documented equal pay policy, performance bonus, flexible work schedules
What Employees are Saying:
“Rokt is a great place to work. It's often challenging and there is a lot going on, but this also allows you to personally and professionally develop much faster. The core values of the business are embedded everywhere and play a major role, even in the quarterly review process. The executive team cares about their employees and takes feedback through various surveys very serious. The yearly company trip called "global kickoff" is where everybody comes together for about 5 days to learn, workshop, connect and just have an amazing time. It's quite unique!”
Neverware
At a Glance:
Neverware packages the CloudReady operating system in three editions: Education, Enterprise, and Home. When the coronavirus pandemic struck in early 2020, all three of CloudReady’s editions became important assets for parents, teachers, IT teams, and everyday workers in search of fast, easy, and affordable ways to work and learn from home.
Top Perks, Benefits or Stand Outs:
Beer on tap, game room, unlimited PTO
What Employees are Saying:
“Neverware values it's people and takes very seriously who they hire. They try their best to make sure the company is the right fit for you as well as for them, before you even set foot in the door. This focus on hiring creates an environment where you feel like you are actually an important part of the overall mission. Culture here is very welcoming and allows for you to balance work and life in a sustainable way without the pressure of feeling judged. CloudReady is an awesome product and it's fun to be a part of something that's never quite been done before.”
Accelirate Inc.
At a Glance:
Accelirate Inc. delivers intelligent automation for businesses through robotic process automation, AI and machine learning.
Top Perks, Benefits or Stand Outs:
Great training program, tight-knit company culture
What Employees are Saying:
"This is the type of company where they really invest in your success. It is not this sink or swim place where you are left on an island to fend for yourself. Complete team effort with everything."
SADA
At a Glance:
SADA is a global leader in cloud technology services whose solutions help its customers tackle their biggest business challenges. SADA's wide range of products and services include Infrastructure modernization, productivity & collaboration tools, application development, data analytics, cloud security and asset management to name a few.
Top Perks, Benefits or Stand Outs:
Robust D&I Programs, Professional Development, Unlimited PTO, Remote Work Options
What Employees are Saying:
“At SADA, we are continuously looking for ways we can support our community to build a more equitable and inclusive company and society.”
Sight Diagnostics
At a Glance:
Sight DiagnosticsⓇ is a blood diagnostic company that combines machine vision and AI to transform health systems and patient outcomes through fast, convenient, and pain-free diagnostics. Sight’s compact blood analyzer, Sight OLOⓇ, performs a ubiquitous and essential blood test, the Complete Blood Count (CBC), and delivers lab-grade results in minutes.
Top Perks, Benefits or Stand Outs:
Rapidly growing company, opportunities for career growth
RO
At a Glance:
Ro is a patient-driven telehealth company that aims to be a patient’s first call for all of their healthcare needs. Using technology, Ro empowers physicians to provide high-quality, affordable care when and where patients need it most.
Top Perks, Benefits or Stand Outs:
Continuing education stipend, unlimited PTO, remote work program
What Employees are Saying:
“I've worked at Ro for a year and a half. The company cares about its employees development and satisfaction at work. They regularly conduct surveys to understand how employees are feeling about various parts of the job and take actionable steps based on employee feedback. The leadership is transparent. There are great benefits and perks and they've kept that start up culture and feel even as they've grown. The leadership and everyone who works there truly feels connected to and believes in the vision and values of the company.”
Immunai
At a Glance:
Immunai has provided an all-in-one solution to this issue by comprehensively mapping the immune system to power new therapeutic discoveries, accelerate drug development, and improve patient outcomes. Immunai leverages single-cell technologies to profile cells, and machine learning algorithms to map incoming data to hundreds of cell types and states used to support biomarker discovery and clinical and translational insights.
New York's Best Tech Managers
A great company is created by great people. Managers and leaders are at the forefront of creating the best places for technologists to thrive. An excellent tech manager promotes career growth, ensures a positive team culture, inspires performance, and successfully leads their team through unexpected or turbulent territory. We couldn't share the best places to work in New York without highlighting some of the tech leaders paving the way, and have even been nominated for a Timmy Award to prove it.
Siddharth Parekh, Chief Technology Officer | Urban FT
How do they impact the company?
Sid's perseverance and commitment to his team are best exemplified when facing a challenge. In 2018, He experienced a setback when he was not selected for the H1B lottery for the second time running, resulting in the need to go back to India. However, he used this as an opportunity to build out our team with our partners (Kiwitech) in New Delhi so that Urban FT's technology could continue to grow under his guidance. During the 20 months spent in India, the team increased to almost 20 developers from two developers back in 2018.
What are their employees saying?
"As a part of his role as CTO, he manages and leads the experience team composed mainly of graphic designers, a discipline he has no formal education in. However, by building the team around key individuals that he trusts, that are experts within the field, they work together to learn from each other and reach a common goal of building the best experience for Urban FT customers. And, the team has flourished. The experience and development teams are a cohesive unit, working side-by-side to make the best products for Urban FT, thanks to Sid."
Alla Kaper, Director, Quality Assurance | EquiLend
How do they impact the company?
Being an “Innovation Manager” is important in a workplace to empower a team to be creative and effective in problem solving. Alla has the characteristics of being an innovation manager. She is always well prepared to explain difficult problems to the team and divides puzzling issues into smaller and easy to solve problems. She also brings the team together to brainstorm to solutionize challenging problems by enabling the team to discuss and bring thoughtful approaches and new ideas. Alla is willing to adapt new changes to optimize the work process.
What are their employees saying?
“Alla Kaper [has] exceptional leadership skill as a QA manager at EquiLend. Alla is not only manager but also a mentor and a role model who is compassionate, communicative and supportive. She empowers her team to grow professionally and personally to succeed their role and benefits the company."
Michael Gormish, VP of Research | Clarifai
How do they impact the company?
Michael inspires innovation by setting up brainstorming sessions with his team where they share academic literature and everyone gives there opinions on what is relevant for them to move forward with. His efficiency helps develop great liaison between teams and when it is essential to communicate information to our clients, that ensures Clarifai's vision and products.
What are their employees saying?
“Michael consistently strives for excellence and creates a continuous environment of improvement while mentoring other managers and colleagues. Michael’s positive leadership and expertise are shown through the way he puts effort into his team culture. He strengthens team culture by providing opportunities for open communication, giving individuals the freedom to voice successes and failures.”
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