/established-remote

A list of established remote companies

Established remote companies

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! :)

The list

Company Business/products Tech stack/skills Globally-competitive compensation? Hiring From Job page & other links
10up Web consulting WordPress, PHP, Node, Web ✗ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
AngelList Early-stage investing React, TypeScript, GraphQL, Ruby, Rails, Kubernetes ✓ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
Auth0 Identity Management Node, Web ✓ 7 countries ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
Automattic WordPress & more PHP, Java, Web, Mobile, Node ✓ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
Balsamiq Wireframing JavaScript, Web ✗ Italy, France, Germany, US ⌨️ Jobs
Bandcamp Music publishing platform Ruby, Web ? Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
Basecamp Collaboration tools Ruby, Web ✓ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
BriteCore Insurance technology platform Python, Mobile ✓ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
Buffer Social media tools PHP, Node, Web, Mobile ✓ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
💰 Salary formula
Canonical Ubuntu dev & support C, C++, Python, DevOps ✓ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
Chef IT automation Ruby, DevOps ✓ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
chess.com Online chess Java, mobile, etc.. ? Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
Clevertech Dev consulting Many (see job page) ✗ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
Cloudbeds Hospitality Software Web, DevOps ✓ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
Cloudbees CI/CD, Jenkins, Codeship Java, Web, Go, Vuejs, Rails ✓ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
Codelathe Enterprise File Sharing, Sync and Backup PHP, Web, Node, C++ ✓ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
ConsenSys Blockchain studio Many (see job page) ? Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
Crossover Full-time long-term projects Many (see job page) ✗ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
DataDog Monitoring & analytics Scala, Java, Python, Go ✓ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
DataRobot Data science as a service Python, R, Web, data stuff ? Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
DataStax Enterprise Cassandra Cassandra, Java, DevOps ✓ US/EU only ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
DigitalOcean Infrastructure as a service C++, Go, Ruby, Perl, Web ✓ US/EU only ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
Doist Productivity and team communication apps Web, Mobile ✓ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
Dribbble Where Designers get Inspired & Hired Ruby, Web, Mobile ✓ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
DuckDuckGo Web search engine Perl, Web, Mobile ? Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
Elastic Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, Beats Java, DevOps, Web ✓ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
Envato Sites for creatives Ruby, Web ✓ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
Eyeo AdBlock Plus & More Many ? Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
Gatsby Platform for managing JAMstack websites Web, Node, React, TypeScript ✓ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
Genuitec Eclipse-based tools Java, Eclipse, Web, Mobile ? Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
Ghost Publishing platform Node, Web ✓ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
Giant Swarm Managed Kubernetes Kubernetes, Go ✓ EU/US ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
GitHub GitHub Git, Ruby, Web ✓ 15+ countries ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
GitLab GitLab Git, Ruby, Web ✗ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
💰 Salary calculator
🚪 Glassdoor
Gradle Gradle Enterprise & build tool Many (see job page) ✓ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
HashiCorp Infrastructure as a service Java, Web, Go, Rails ✓ US, Canada, UK, Germany, Netherlands ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
Help Scout Help desk software Java, Web ✓ Anywhere with at least 4 hrs overlap with Boston, MA ⌨️ Jobs
Heroku Backend hosting Ruby, Go, Web, DevOps ✓ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor (acquired by Salesforce.com)
Igalia Embedded development, browsers C++ ? Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
inVision Design prototyping platform Go, Node, Web, Mobile ✓ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
Jackson River Nonprofit IT consulting PHP, Drupal, Web ? Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
Jitbit Software Help desk software ASP.NET, C#, JavaScript ? Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
Kentik Network observability platform C/C++, Go, JavaScript, Node.js, Web ✓ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
Linaro Embedded development, Compilers C, C++ ? UK, US & Canada ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
Lullabot Design & dev consulting PHP, Drupal, Web ✓ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
madewithlove Web & software development PHP, Laravel, React +Native, Javascript, Web ✓ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
MailerLite Email marketing software Many ✗ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
MarsBased Web & mobile dev consultancy Ruby on Rails, Angular, Ionic, Javascript, Web ✓ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
Mapillary Street-level imagery platform Python, Javascript, Ruby, Java, Shell ✓ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
Mattermost Enterprise collaboration platform Go, React ✓ 14 countries ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
Mobile Jazz Software development PHP, Web, Mobile, Design ✓ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
Mozilla Firefox & more C++, Web, Mobile ✓ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
Netlify Web developer platform based on JAMstack Javascript, Node.js, Web ✓ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
nearForm Remote projects & more Node.js, Web, Mobile ✓ US, EU ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
Olark Live chat widgets Ruby, Web ✓ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
onTheGoSystems WordPress plugins WordPress, PHP, Web ? Anywhere with at least 4 hrs overlap over EU time zone ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
O’Reilly Media Technology training Python, Web, Mobile ? ? ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
Original Eight Web consulting PHP, Drupal, Web ? Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
Parse.ly Web content analytics SaaS Python, Javascript, DevOps, Web ✓ US, Canada, EU, UK ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
Platform.sh Continuous deployment cloud hosting Many ? Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
Pythian Data & IT consulting DBA, DevOps ✗ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
Rebelmouse Rebelmouse Many ? Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
RedHat Red Hat Linux Distribution Many ? Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
Redox Healthcare API Platform Node, React, API, Networking ✓ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
Scrapinghub Scraping as a service Python, Web ✗ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
ScyllaDB Real-Time Big Data Database, DBaaS C++, GoLang, Python, Linux, DevOps ✓ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
Shogun Ecommerce products Ruby on Rails, React ✓ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
Shopify Ecommerce platform Ruby, Go, TypeScript, React, Mobile, DevOps ✓ Almost Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
Sonatype Software chain automation Java, Groovy, DevOps ✓ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
Sourcegraph Code search as a service Go, TypeScript, React, Web ✓ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
Square Square, Cash App Many ✓ Depends on position ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
Stack Exchange Stack Overflow & more .NET, Web ✓ US / EU ⌨️ Jobs
🎓 Philosophy
💰 Salary calculator
🚪 Glassdoor
SUSE SUSE Linux distribution Many ? ? ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
Time Doctor Time Tracking Tool PHP, Node, Angular, Web, Mobile ? Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
Toggl Time Tracking Tool Go, Ruby, PostgreSQL, Mobile, Web ✗ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
Toptal Tech freelancer marketplace Ruby, Rails, React, GraphQL, Web, Kubernetes ✗ Anywhere 💪 Core team positions
💻 Apply as a developer
🚪 Glassdoor
Trello Trello Node, Mobile, Web ✓ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor (acquired by Atlassian)
Tyk Cloud native API Management, open source Go, Web, DevOps ✓ UK, US, Singapore ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
Vercel Web developer platform based on JAMstack Javascript, Node.js, Web ✓ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
Wikimedia Wikipedia Web, PHP ✗ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
Xapo Financial Technology Mobile, Web, Python ✓ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
XWP Remote full-time projects Web, WordPress ✓ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
X-team Remote full-time projects Mobile, Web ✓ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
You Need A Budget Budgeting Application Ruby, Mobile, Web ✓ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 Glassdoor
Zapier App connectors Python, Node, Web ✓ Anywhere ⌨️ Jobs
🚪 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.
  • ✉️ You can subscribe to job alerts by companies from this list on Job Dispatch.

Other dynamic lists

Static lists and articles

Remote job search websites

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.