Route 128: 10 Boston Tech Teams That Rival Silicon Valley

Boston is one of the nation’s oldest cities, home to the Freedom Trail and Faneuil Hall, fine seafood, world-famous sports, and some of the greatest Italian food found anywhere in the U.S.

Boston is also home to these enviable tech teams, all of which compare well to similar teams in more famously established tech hubs like San Francisco and Seattle. In fact, with companies like these, Beantown may need to come up with its own new nickname to slot alongside “Silicon Valley,” “Silocon Slopes,” “Silicon Alley” and the other tech hot spots that have been established around the U.S.

Apps|Enterprise Software|Sales Automation

Drift is a conversation-driven marketing and sales platform. With its quickly evolving set of tools and playbooks, Drift unlocks the insights buried in conversations to accelerate business success. Customers use Drift to provide a modern buying experience for potential customers, generate more qualified leads, and dramatically accelerate the sales cycle.

“Our leadership team is extremely transparent about what’s going on in the business, the direction, etc. They also believe in the importance of investing in their employees, specifically the learning opportunities we get to take advantage of.”

-Employee review

A+

Drift employees rated their overall culture an A+.

Drift is hiring! Check out jobs here!

Biotech|Pharmaceuticals|Manufacturing

Location: Cambridge, MA

Ipsen engages in the research, development, manufacture, and sale of pharmaceutical products worldwide. The company markets approximately 20 drugs. It offers pharmaceutical products targeting oncology, endocrinology, and neuromuscular disorders, as well as gastroenterology, cardiovascular, and cognitive disorders

“Willingness to make it happen, to act as a biotech company: agile, innovative, collaborative.”

-Employee review

A+

IPSEN employees rated their overall culture an A+.

Ipsen is hiring! Check out jobs here!

Software|Data|Machine Learning

Location: Boston, MA

TrueMotion provides the world’s leading smartphone driving data platform. Powered by machine learning, the platform determines when a person is driving, reveals their behaviors behind the wheel, and detects crashes. Insurers, rideshare companies, and fleets use TrueMotion data to fuel their pricing, claims, and retention programs. Ten of the top 20 US insurers and leading insurers in Canada and Europe rely on TrueMotion technology. The company is based in Boston with offices in Milan and Budapest.

“Seasoned, intelligent and knowledgeable leadership team putting the company in a position to win.”

-Emploiyee review

100% of TrueMotion employees say they look forward to interacting with their coworkers.

TrueMotion is hiring! Check out jobs here!

Service Industry|CRM|SaaS

Location: Boston, MA

Bullhorn provides cloud-based CRM solutions for companies in business services industries. Its data capture and customer insight technology puts the most up-to-date and powerful information at users’ fingertips to give them everything they need to win customers and keep them happy.

“Instant feedback, we genuinely like each other and work toward team success instead of personal agenda.”

-Employee review

100% of Bullhorn employees say the company provides them meaningful opportunities for career advancement.

Bullhorn is hiring! Check out jobs here!

Ad Targeting|AdTech|Analytics

DataXu is the #1-ranked programmatic media activation, marketing analytics & data management solution in the industry. It helps marketing professionals use data to improve their advertising. The company was founded on the premise that data science could help make marketing better.

“Strategic and hard working leadership team. Very informative culture.”

-Employee review

DataXu is hiring! Check out jobs here!

Cyber Security|Risk Management|Security

BitSight transforms how organizations manage information security risk. The BitSight Security Ratings Platform applies sophisticated algorithms, producing daily security ratings that range from 250 to 900, to help manage third party risk, underwrite cyber insurance policies, benchmark performance, conduct M&A due diligence and assess aggregate risk.

BitSight is hiring! Check out jobs here!

E-Commerce|Retail|Furniture

Wayfair is the largest pure-play online retailer of home goods in the US. Key categories for the company include furniture, decor, kitchen & dining products, home improvement, patio & garden, and baby. The company, based in Boston, MA, has additional offices in Utah, Kentucky, New York, Galway, Ireland, London, England and Berlin, Germany.

“Our team is very helpful and works well together. We can rely on each other to step in when someone isn’t available to ensure that all of our work gets done. We also make sure that we are supportive to one another and have a great dynamic.”

-Employee review

90% of Wayfair employees say they are proud to be part of their company.

Wayfair is hiring! Check out jobs here!

Consumer Electronics|Security|Smart Home

Location: Boston, MA

SimpliSafe Home Security is a disruptive tech company that designs, engineers, and sells wireless security alarm systems, cameras and services for houses, apartments, and other commercial properties. The systems are an inexpensive, easy-to-install alternative to traditional home security options. Simplisafe has 24/7 professional monitoring with no long term contract and daily customer service support. It sells its products online.

SimpliSafe is hiring! Check out jobs here!

Consulting|Software|Human Resources

Kronos specializes in workforce management solutions that enable organizations to control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve workforce productivity. Tens of thousands of organizations in 80 countries – including more than half of the Fortune 1000 – use Kronos time and attendance, scheduling, absence management, HR and payroll, hiring, and labor analytics applications.

“Most talented group of people I’ve ever worked with. People are happy, but more importantly accountable and highly-engaged. We get stuff done and done the right way by our customers and employees. People here are consumed with Doing the Right Thing, and managers lead by trust.”

-Employee review

A

Kronos employees rated their overall culture an A.

Kronos is hiring! Check out jobs here!

CRM|Emai|Enterprise Software

Yesware’s email tracking notifies salespeople when prospects open their messages and click their links. Custom Templates streamline responses to prospects and customers. CRM Syncing connects sales email to solutions from Salesforce.com, Microsoft Dynamics, and many others to save time and improve the quality of enterprise data. Yesware’s Reports and Analytics give salespeople unprecedented feedback about how their messages are being received.

Yesware is hiring! Check out jobs here!