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At Snyk, we want to make it easier for everyone to develop fast while staying secure. That's why millions of developers already depend on our enterprise-grade developer security platform to find and fix their vulnerabilities in their code, dependencies, containers, and cloud infrastructure. Loved by developers and trusted by security teams, we empower the world’s developers to build secure applications and equip security teams to meet the demands of the digital world. Snyk is used by 2,300+ customers worldwide today, including industry leaders such as Asurion, Google, Intuit, MongoDB, New Relic, Revolut and Salesforce. read more
Snyk Company Culture
Snyk Culture
This score is derived from employee ratings & reviewsChoice Employer
A+
4.7/5
Top Rated Culture Dimensions
CEO Rating
A+Compensation
A+Diversity
A+Environment
A+Executive Team
A+Snyk CEO
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Peter McKay
87 /100
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Diversity at Snyk
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A+
Diverse employees at Snyk have rated Compensation, Outlook, and CEO Rating as the highest categories they have scored
Women at Snyk
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A+
Women at Snyk have rated Outlook, Team, and CEO Rating as the highest categories they have scored
Snyk eNPS
Net Promoter Score tracks your employees' overall score to this question: "On a scale from 0-10, how likely are you to recommend working at your company to a friend?"Top 5%Top 5% of Similar Size Companies on Comparably
Recommend to a Friend?
58
Snyk employees are 58% more likely to recommend Snyk as a great place to work
| 73% | Promoters |
|---|---|
| 12% | Passives |
| 15% | Detractors |
Working at Snyk
Working at Snyk is rated highly by 165 employees, across various culture dimensions. Snyk employees are most satisfied about CEO Rating, Compensation, and Environment categories, putting Snyk’s culture in the Top 5% compared to similar sized companies on Comparably and in the Top 10% compared to other companies in Boston. See below in detail how working at Snyk was rated by employees.
Overall Company Culture at Snyk
A+
Overall Company Culture at Snyk is rated A+
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Snyk ranks in the Top 5% of other companies on Comparably with 1,001-5,000 Employees for Overall Company Culture Score
Snyk Employee Reviews
Out of 563 Snyk employee reviews, 96% were positive. The remaining 4% were constructive reviews with the goal of helping Snyk improve their work culture.
| Positive Reviews | 96% |
|---|---|
| Constructive Feedback | 4% |
Positive Reviews From Snyk Employees
- What is most positive about the culture and environment at your company?Real buy-in for the Snyk brand and also a real passion to collaborate. Rapid growth means that the culture is in jeopardy, but I believe people have this in mind and will put things in place to protect the culture.
Constructive Feedback From Snyk Employees
- What would you improve about your company's interview process?Shorter process to schedule interviews
Snyk Company Information
Snyk Company Overview
At Snyk, we want to make it easier for everyone to develop fast while staying secure. That's why millions of developers already depend on our enterprise-grade developer security platform to find and fix their vulnerabilities in their code, dependencies, containers, and cloud infrastructure. Loved by developers and trusted by security teams, we empower the world’s developers to build secure applications and equip security teams to meet the demands of the digital world. Snyk is used by 2,300+ customers worldwide today, including industry leaders such as Asurion, Google, Intuit, MongoDB, New Relic, Revolut and Salesforce.
Snyk was founded in 2015 and its current CEO is Peter McKay. Since its inception 11 years ago, Snyk has grown to 1100 employees.
Snyk Mission, Vision & Values
Snyk Mission Statement
Our mission is to empower organizations to develop fast and stay secure. Development is faster than ever, there are more apps than ever, and everything is in the developer's hands — including security. Snyk makes it easy for devs to find, prioritize, and fix vulnerabilities in code, open source, and configurations across application and cloud resources with actionable remediation steps connecting directly back to the source. Snyk bridges the divide between security and developers by putting security expertise directly in developers' toolkits.
Snyk Values
- Care deeply
- One team
- Ship it
- Think bigger
- Learn always
Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility at Snyk
Our value of "Care Deeply" runs through the veins of our snykers, and is an integral part of our culture.
Snykers are empowered to make a difference and support causes they care about, which efforts have included:
* our DevRel team raised $100k for the World Health Organization at their All.the.talks event
* We've partnered with GoodToday, a giving platform that empowers employees to donate to worthy causes with company sponsorship
* Our CEO and Founder, Peter McKay and Guy Podjarny, have each donated their personal finances to provide a donation-matching program! So far we've raised $45k for causes supporting COVID-19 relief, the Black Lives Matter movement, and LGBTQ+ communities!
| Website | snyk.io |
|---|---|
| Founding Date | 2015 |
| Company Status | Private |
| Jobs | snyk.io/careers/ |
| Social Sites | |
| Headquarters | |
| Boston HQ | 100 Summer St Boston, MA 02110 United States of America |
| E2 8ET HQ | 97 Hackney Rd London E2 8ET United Kingdom |
| Tel Aviv-Yafo HQ | 156 Derech Menachem Begin Tel Aviv-Yafo Israel |
| Ottawa HQ | 515 Legget Dr Ottawa K2K 3G4 Canada |
Snyk Competitors
Snyk competitors include GitLab, CrowdStrike, GitHub, and Black Duck Software. Snyk ranks 2nd in Overall Culture Score on Comparably vs its competitors. See below how Snyk compares to its competitors with CEO Rankings, Product & Services, NPS, Pricing, Customer Services, Overall Culture Score, eNPS, Gender and Diversity Scores.
Life at Snyk - 2020
An Introduction to Snyk
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Snyk Employees
Snyk has 1100 employees in 4 locations. 165 employees at Snyk have reviewed Snyk across various culture dimensions, providing their opinions on items ranging from executive ratings to the pace at work. The latest review was months ago.
Overall, the 165 Snyk employees give their leadership a grade of A+, or Top 5% of similar size companies on Comparably. This includes specific ratings of their executive team, CEO, and manager.
Employees at Snyk are extremely happy with their total compensation at Snyk, which includes a combination of pay, stock and equity, and benefits.
Overall, employees at Snyk are extremely happy with their team. 165 Participants grade the quality of their coworkers an A+. The majority believe the meetings at Snyk are effective, and the majority look forward to interacting with their coworkers.
The majority of employees at Snyk believe the environment at Snyk is positive. Most Participants believe the pace of work at Snyk is extremely fast. About 52% of the employees at Snyk work 8 hours or less, while 3% of them have an extremely long day - longer than twelve hours.
Overall, the employees at Snyk are extremely happy, based on their aggregated ratings of future outlook, customer perception, and their excitement going to work.
A Day in the Life
A Day in the Life
Snyk employees generally work 9.1 hrs a day
Work Hours
A Day in the Life
Employees at Snyk report the work pace is extremely fast
Work Pace
A Day in the Life
On a typical day, employees at Snyk have 4+ meetings
Meetings
A Day in the Life
97% of Snyk employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
Coworkers
A Day in the Life
Snyk employees most often take 20-30 paid vacation and sick days each year
Perks & Benefits
A Day in the Life
71% of Snyk employees report they are happy with their work life balance
Work Life Balance
A Day in the Life
Snyk employees typically get valuable feedback on how to improve at work Once a month
Feedback
A Day in the Life
91% of Snyk employees call their work environment positive
Environment
Joining Snyk - Employee Onboarding
The prevailing opinion from employees about joining Snyk is that the company was prepared on their first day. Snyk employees concluded that their overall onboarding experience was positive. 80% said their direct manager was helpful with their acclimation during the first 90 days. First impressions are important, and how prepared a company is on your first day leaves a lasting impression.
Snyk KPIs and OKRs
At Snyk 55% of employees think their department KPIs and OKRs are clear. Employees’ understanding of Snyk's KPIs and OKRs is essential for its success. Out of 9 Snyk employees who’ve answered, “Are your company’s goals clear and are you invested in them?” 6 have said yes.
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Snyk CEO & Leadership
87 /100
Snyk CEO Awards and Recognitions
Snyk’s CEO Peter McKay started in this role in 2019. Peter’s approval rate is in the Top 5% of all CEOs of similar-sized companies on Comparably, and in the Top 5% compared to the CEOs of all other companies in Boston. With a high CEO score, Peter McKay has won the Best CEOs in 2020 along with Salsify CEO Jason Purcell and Nextdoor CEO Sarah Friar. In addition, Peter has garnered Best CEOs for Diversity in 2020 specifically for Diversity, making Snyk’s CEO one of the top rated CEOs by diverse employees. Snyk’s CEO is highly regarded especially by employees in the Customer Support department, Asian or Pacific Islander employees, and employees with the company for 2 to 5 Years. However, employees with the company for Less than 1 Year, employees in the Business Development department, and employees in the Engineering department have a less favorable view of the CEO and believe there is room for improvement. Compared to Snyk’s competitors, Peter McKay ranks right above GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke. Under McKay’s leadership, Snyk employee respondents are most happy about their Compensation and the company’s Environment. Professional Development and Office Culture are two areas, according to respondents, where Snyk could stand to see real improvement.
Snyk Leadership
The Snyk Executive Team is rated an “A+” and led by CEO Peter McKay, President & Co-founder Guy Podjarney, and CTO & Co-founder Assaf Hefetz
Peter McKay CEO / President
Peter McKay serves as the CEO / President of Snyk.
Guy Podjarney President & Co-founder
Guy is the Founder of Snyk, the host of The Secure Developer, and an O’Reilly author. He was previously CTO at Akamai... read more
Assaf Hefetz CTO & Co-founder
Assaf Hefetz serves as the CTO & Co-founder of Snyk.
Leigh Moore VP of Marketing
Leigh Moore serves as the VP of Marketing of Snyk.
Danny Grander CSO & Co-founder
Danny Grander serves as the CSO & Co-founder of Snyk.
Dipti Salopek VP of People
Dipti Salopek serves as the VP of People of Snyk.
Brian McDonough VP of Global Sales
Brian McDonough serves as the VP of Global Sales of Snyk.
Peter McKay CEO
Peter is the CEO of Snyk. In previous roles as CEO, Peter led multiple software companies through hypergrowth, including... read more
Carey Stanton VP Business Development
Carey leads global business and corporate development. For over 30 years Carey has held similar positions in emerging... read more
Snyk Salaries
How much does Snyk pay?
How much do people at Snyk get paid? See the latest salaries by department and job title. The average estimated annual salary, including base and bonus, at Snyk is $105,180, or $50 per hour, while the estimated median salary is $102,065, or $49 per hour.
At Snyk, the highest paid job is a Director of Sales at $236,983 annually and the lowest is a CS Rep at $44,626 annually. Average Snyk salaries by department include: Operations at $69,858, Engineering at $162,522, Admin at $53,831, and Customer Support at $74,150. Half of Snyk salaries are above $102,065.
126 employees at Snyk rank their Compensation in the Top 5% of similar sized companies in the US (based on 380 ratings) while 121 employees at Snyk rank their Perks And Benefits in the Top 5% of similar sized companies in the US (based on 128 ratings).
Salaries contributed from Snyk employees include job titles like Sales Engineer, Technical Writer, Executive Assistant, and Recruiter. Comparably data has a total of 0 salary records from Snyk employees.
Last updated months ago.
| Summary | Salary Range | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
1st Percentile $63k | $63k | 1st Percentile |
17th Percentile $82k | $82k | 17th Percentile |
33rd Percentile $101k | $101k | 33rd Percentile |
50th Percentile $156k | $156k | 50th Percentile |
67th Percentile $213k | $213k | 67th Percentile |
83rd Percentile $270k | $270k | 83rd Percentile |
100th Percentile $277k | $277k | 100th Percentile |
$105,180*
Average Compensation
$102,065*
Median Compensation
* Estimated salaries Estimated salaries are based on data provided anonymously by employees and/or estimated by other statistical methods.
Snyk Salaries by Department
Diversity & Inclusion at Snyk
Diverse employees at Snyk score the company 87/100 across various culture categories, placing Snyk in the Top 5% of companies on Comparably with 1,001-5,000 Employees for Comparably's diversity score. The Diversity score provides insights into how diverse employees feel and rate their work experience at Snyk across various culture dimensions.
Snyk is proud to state unequivocally, as our CEO Peter McKay did in a communication to our employees, that “there is no place for discrimination, inequality or injustice here at Snyk. Our core company value of Care Deeply means that we care equally, for everyone.” ,,Part of moving the needle forward includes clear action, including: ,* Training all of our interviewers and hiring managers on identifying and eliminating unconscious bias.,* Celebrating our diverse snykers and promoting dialogues around active ally-ship ,* Fostering a culture where employees know they are safe to speak up if they suspect discrimination or bias.,* Hosting regular opportunities for honest dialog on equality, bias and inclusion.,
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Snyk Perks & Benefits
Health & Wellness
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Health Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Gym Membership / Reimbursement
Paid Time Off
- PTO / Vacation Policy
- Paid Holidays
- Maternity / Paternity Leave
Financial Benefits
- 401K / Retirement Plan
- Performance Bonus
- Tuition Reimbursement
Office Perks
- Free Food
- Pet-Friendly
- Company Social Outings
- Work From Home Policy
Snyk PTO
Snyk's PTO and Vacation policy typically gives 20-30 days off a year with 75% of employees expected to be work free while out of office. Paid Time Off is Snyk's 2nd most important benefit besides Healthcare when ranked by employees, with 29% of employees saying it is the most important benefit. Snyk's benefits and PTO Package averages to represent a $500 -$1000 cash value per month.
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Snyk Jobs
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Candidates By Department
All Industries | 50% | |
|---|---|---|
Engineering | 33% | |
Product | 17% |
Candidates By Location
Waltham | 33% | |
|---|---|---|
Boston | 33% | |
Weymouth | 17% | |
Other | 17% |
Snyk Internship Program
Snyk is on a mission to build the next generation of talent and diversify the tech world through our Emerging Talent programs. Snyk offers hands-on and impactful internships, co-ops, and full time roles for current students, recent grads, and career changes.
How difficult is it to get an internship at Snyk?
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Sales
Very Difficult0%
Somewhat Difficult0%
Not Difficult33%
Difficult0%
Does Not Offer Internships67%
Answered by 3 HR Interns
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Somewhat Difficult50%
Not Difficult50%
Difficult0%
Does Not Offer Internships0%
Answered by 4 Sales Interns
Frequently Asked Questions regarding Snyk
What is Snyk address?
Snyk location is at 100 Summer St
Who is the CEO of Snyk?
Snyk CEO is Peter McKay, their score by employees is 87
What is Snyk eNPS?
The eNPS for Snyk is 58
What is the salary for Senior Product Manager in Snyk?
Senior Product Manager average salary in the US is 149k
What are the salaries in the Customer Support in Snyk?
The average salaries for Customer Support in Snyk is 74k
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