Top Startups to Work For in Washington

How do we decide whether we like the companies we work for? A company has to have great leadership, a strong mission, and produce a worthy product or service to make most of us feel like we’re part of something worthwhile. Beyond that, we all have things we want personally from a company: a solid paycheck, good benefits, coworkers we like, and a challenging and rewarding atmosphere.

These companies based in Washington were rated as the best to work for by their own employees on Comparably. This means they’re doing something very right. A job can be a source of great joy or great hardship, so the fact that these employees are so enthusiastic about the companies they work for is a sure sign that they’ve found that ideal mix of culture, compensation, and environment.

The list that follows is a live leaderboard of the top startups in the area based on current employees’ ratings and reviews. Companies are ranked based on their all time ratings and the ranking can change as employees leave new ratings and reviews.

Top Startups to Work For
Rank Company Details
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Since 2015, when we introduced the first mobile caller ID and spam-blocking apps, we’ve been at the forefront of voice intelligence innovation. In 2016, we partnered with Samsung and AT&T to launch Hiya Protect, the first network-based spam-blocking solution. In 2019, we introduced Hiya Connect, a branded call SaaS platform that helps businesses reach more customers by phone. Today, our Voice Intelligence Platform powers over 500 million users worldwide. Leveraging adaptive AI and audio intelligence, it delivers smarter, safer, and more productive voice interactions across networks, apps, and devices. Our network & solution partners have grown to include British Telecom, EE, Virgin Media O2, Ericsson, Rogers, Bell Canada, MasMovil, Telenor, HP, KPMG, and more.

Accomplishing projects that have high impact on the company; seeing someone on my team succeed

- Hiya Employee
2
Growth Natives

Growth Natives is a trusted modern Marketing & Customer Engagement Agency that combines state-of-the-art technology with creative passion, enabling true Digital Experiences. We partner with global B2B and B2C brands, unlocking amazing performance at every stage of the Customer Funnel. Enabling Full Funnel & Full Stack marketing at scale. Our founding team has extensive experience in managing and running marketing at scale for some of the biggest brands like Trend Micro, JDA, Cvent, BirdEye, Cisco, and many others. We have certified experts in the following Marketing Technologies: - Marketo - HubSpot - Pardot - Google Advertising - Facebook Advertising - Salesforce - Microsoft Dynamics

The HR department keeps us entertained with occasional events- there is always something to celebrate, and when we do celebrate our milestones together, it feels like a closely knit community.

- Growth Natives Employee
3

Skilljar is an external Learning Management System that empowers GTM teams to build a scalable learning program that is amplified by customer insights.

Partnering with everyone to deliver results.

- Skilljar Employee
4

Gamesight builds technology to help kickass games find commercial success. We believe gamers deserve amazing experiences around their games, and we work hard every day to make sure they get just that. Our platform touches millions of gamers from around the world. We are passionate about building the future of gaming and we recruit similarly minded gamers to join us in our cause. With $4M+ raised, we are ready to bring the power of data to the games industry.

My team was some of the most hardworking people that I have ever worked with

- Gamesight Employee
5

Igneous delivers the only Unstructured Data Management as-a-Service solution so organizations can see, protect and move data at scale.

I get to deliver game changing technology to my customers

- Igneous Employee
6
ThinkShout

We build digital products that rise to meet the world’s biggest challenges.

The comprehensive insurance and other aspects like HRA, interactive & fun classes, and so on

- ThinkShout Employee
7

Our mission is to empower individuals to take back control of their digital life.

The freedom to innovate and work with a product that is unique

- Rubica Employee
8

Upbound is on a mission to transform the way companies build and manage infrastructure. Designed around control planes, Upbound is a platform for building internal cloud platforms. This new methodology is powered by the popular open-source project (that we invented!) Crossplane. Customers can quickly build, deploy, manage, secure, and use their platforms all from a single point of control.

The support we have for each other - it's a trait you see across all of the teams and its especially important for an all remote company. Nobody gets left behind or isolated, because we take the time to support each other.

- Upbound Employee
9
Clean Power Research

"Clean Power Research provides intelligence for siting, planning and operation of renewable energy sales and incentive program administration."

We are all passionate about clean energy and it is great to have that common goal of helping to transition the world to clean energy. I have never worked with anyone here who isn't friendly, intelligent, and highly competent.

- Clean Power Research Employee
10

Construx offers insights, techniques, and recommendations through training and consulting on software development best practices.

its a great team and we have a good connection

- Construx Employee
11
Code Fellows

Code Fellows offers world-class software engineering training in Seattle.

We're changing lives for the better!

- Code Fellows Employee
12

Bloomz develops a mobile application that helps teachers to share photos and classroom updates to parents through real-time messaging.

What makes me happiest at Bloomz is empowering users through seamless support, collaborating with a passionate team, solving challenges creatively, and contributing to a product that positively impacts families and educators daily.

- Bloomz Employee
13

IndieFlix is a film distribution and discovery site founded on the principles of community, promotion, syndication and transparency.

I am helping many people with our edutainment film programs with anxiety

- IndieFlix Employee
14
Knowledge Anywhere

Knowledge Anywhere is an elearning company focused on providing flexible, modern learning and development solutions.

Genuinely nice people, across the board

- Knowledge Anywhere Employee
15
OnPoint Sale

B2B sales Leads

16

Sub Pop is a medium-sized independent record label that releases record albums and popularizes grunge music.

17

Coinme is the easiest way to buy or sell crypto using cash or debit. We make crypto safe, simple, and accessible for everyone. - 40,000+ locations to buy and sell crypto with cash - Buy and sell crypto with debit card - Instantly send or store your crypto

The people I work with!

- Coinme Employee
18
K&L Group, Inc.

K&L Group, Inc. is a technology incubator and early stage VC firm

Great vision for the future

- K&L Group, Inc. Employee
19
Bridge Patient Portal

Bridge is an enterprise patient engagement solution that provides a superior user experience for healthcare organizations and their patients.

The ability to share my ideas freely without the risk of negativity.

- Bridge Patient Portal Employee
20

Make.TV is a cloud-based software company for publishing and broadcasting solutions.

Not much politics, pretty much hands-on and a lot of transparency. That's cool.

- Make.TV Employee
21

CAF manufacturers environmental friendly and safe cleaning products to use in retail fuel.

22
DefenseStorm

DefenseStorm is a security data platform that watches everything on your network and matches it to your policies, ensuring that you secure.

23
W3care Technologies

W3care Technologies PVT LTD is your offshore hybrid technical expert provide full stack developers who are expert in cutting edge technologies like NodeJs, Expressjs, Vue Js, React Js, Angular 2, Jquery, Laraval ,Codeigniter, MySQL, Mongodb, PostGRE DB, Nodejs Entity Fulfillment, AWS lambda Fulfillment, Google Cloud Function Development. We can provide website redesign services to improve leads, sales, and traffic and improve business brand visibility with intuitive UI/UX creativity implementing SEO rules and regulations during the redesigning of business websites. We have experienced developers who work on cutting edge technologies like ExpressionEngine, Drupal, Codeigniter, Joomla, Zend Framework, Opencart, Wordpress, Magento, OsCommerce, Craft CMS, Codeigniter, Laravel, Shopify, Modx. Hire team of SEO SMm PPC experts and experienced digital marketers for the keyword ranking in Google, on page optimization, off page link building, social media boost, and team who for Digital Business

Think, Do research, then input which produces Output which is really a Joy able Moment for me.

- W3care Technologies Employee
24

Syncro provides cloud-based software solutions to IT companies looking to streamline their processes. Our CRM tools, automation functions, remote monitoring, and integrations assist small to medium-sized businesses in increasing efficiency while maintaining a steady flow of revenue. Syncro is growing quickly! We are a global team working remotely and welcome new team members from all walks of life. We believe that the culmination of different minds is what makes a succesful team.

They are dedicated to us. They make sacrifices for the company as a whole rather than be self-centered like most other companies. They have earned our respect and do not take it for granted.

- Syncro Employee
25

RealSelf is the leading resource to learn and share experiences about cosmetic procedures and connect with doctors.

It is very casual for the most part and outside of our department there are many fun channels and groups to join on Slack.

- RealSelf Employee
26

Hi, we're Banzai! Today, marketers have access to more resources and tools than ever before, so why is most marketing so cringe-worthy? Marketing has lost touch with the humans behind the clicks, opens, and form submits, but Banzai wants to change that. That's why our mission is to make marketing more human. ??? At Banzai, we think the secret to better marketing is educating, learning from, and building relationships with buyers. This new approach is called Engagement Marketing. Banzai is leading the Engagement Marketing movement. Our products reach millions of users every year and help our customers drive more revenue through better events, webinars, content, and data. Best of all, Banzai makes marketing a little more human for all of us. Join Banzai to help build a future that puts people at the center of marketing.

How approachable the executive team is

- Banzai Employee
27

doxo delivers innovation that transforms the bill pay experience for consumers, billers and financial technology providers.

Most of the reps are extremely supportive and respectful of one another.

- doxo Employee
28

Portent is a full-service digital marketing agency that has been delivering business-changing growth for our clients since 1995.

Benefits, flexibility, compensation all good.

- Portent Employee
29
GLP Attorneys

Commitment, creativity, compassion and collaboration. You can call them the four C’s, if you like. We call them the core values that drive us to work together and work harder to get results in personal injury law cases when others cannot or will not. Our personal injury lawyers have represented wrongfully injured clients across Washington State and the Pacific Northwest for over three decades, and that legal experience shows in the personal injury law work we do for them. Our personal injury law firm specializes in personal injury law cases throughout Washington State involving auto accidents, brain injuries, construction accidents, nursing home abuse and neglect, product liability, workplace injury, wrongful death, and more. GLP Attorneys personal injury law firm handles cases with personal injury law attorney offices in Seattle, Tacoma, Port Orchard, Spokane, Burlington, the Tri-Cities, Wenatchee, Vancouver and Bellingham.

The work we do feels good. At the end of the day we are helping people in a time of need.

- GLP Attorneys Employee
30

MediaPRO is an award-winning producer of industry-leading learning solutions, specializing in online learning.

They care about doing a good job

- MediaPRO Employee
31

Seeq(TM) provides software and services that convert industrial data into information, driving business decisions for continuous improvement.

The Seeq Employee Engagement Networks (SEENs, which are basically affinity groups) - there's Women at Seeq, the Neurodiversity SEEN, and Hispaneeqs.

- Seeq Employee
32

Wicresoft was founded in 2002 as a joint venture with Microsoft and has since grown into a leading advisory, solutions, and operations firm with more than 7,500 employees worldwide. ? A broad portfolio of services positions Wicresoft to help with many aspects of a business, from the IT department to HR and recruitment initiatives. Advising leaders on big picture thinking, providing necessary tools and solutions to fit the strategy, and managing daily operations where needed is our standard process. It is our company values that help drive such accomplishments and help us to deliver on our daily mission: to be a part of your success.

Constantly asking for input and feedback. Open to new ideas. Focused on forward-motion, curiosity rewarded.

- Wicresoft Employee
33

During doctoral research, Virbela founders discovered the key to high-performing remote teams: social and emotional connection. Virtual worlds create the deeply social spaces people miss when working from home, learning online, or attending virtual events. Since 2012, we've been engineering and designing immersive 3D environments that provide the presence and emotional connection of being together in person.

Very flexible and employee oriented.

- Virbela Employee
34
LiquidPlanner

LiquidPlanner is project management software that uses intelligent, resource-driven scheduling technology to help teams do their best work.

Supportive, professional, committed. Average employee tenure is something like 6+ years so very loyal, committed and knowledgeable.

- LiquidPlanner Employee
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Spare5 is designed to be the default ""do work now"" app for every smartphone owner on the planet.

is a good company in tasker jobs

- Spare5 Employee
37
Bonsai Media Group

A clan of driven designers, developers and marketers based in Seattle, WA . We seek to drive results for our clients and set them apart from the crowd.

Everyone is just cool overall

- Bonsai Media Group Employee
38

The smarter way to sell your car.

39
Apptentive

Apptentive's solution measures shifts in sentiment from customer experience to win back consumers and activate fans. Using intelligent tools and precise targeting, Apptentive helps enterprise brands capture actionable emotions and feedback from the 90 percent of consumer voices typically missed, and quickly turns that feedback into action. Apptentive gives marketers, product managers, and customer experience leaders the keys to their customers’ hearts through historical insights into brand loyalty and shifting emotions to support customer-centric decisions. The company powers millions of consumer interactions across billions of mobile devices each month, and helps the world’s top brands—including JetBlue, Buffalo Wild Wings, Overstock.com, Viacom, NPR, Capital One, Zillow, and eHarmony—proactively listen to and engage with their consumers to enhance customer love and improve customer experience.

They are very transparent with information about the business

- Apptentive Employee
40
Space Rock IT

Information Technology Services Provider

Our leader is a good person

- Space Rock IT Employee
41

Bring wonder to work. Meaningfully engage employees and bring teams together through magical shared experiences.

42

Chronus is the leader in mentoring software. Our platform enables mentoring programs to efficiently scale and drive more strategic value.

43

RentSpree streamlines the entire rental process for agents, landlords, managers, and renters, powered by an amazing team of talented professionals in a thriving, respectful, empowering, and exciting culture.

How they inspire and have clear direction even there might be some sudden change of plan but they still communicate it to the team effectively and honestly.

- RentSpree Employee
44

Trakstar designs the best HR technology software in the world. We're changing the way employee performance is managed.

For being 100% WFH, there's a strong culture lead by a few key individuals.

- Trakstar Employee
45
UnifyCloud

A rapidly growing and successful Redmond, WA-based solutions developer with significant technical resources located in the US and India.

my teammates, work culture & working environment is so positive.

- UnifyCloud Employee
46
efelle creative

efelle is Seattle's premier website design & development firm, helping companies nationwide increase revenue through effective online market

I get to work on what I was hired to do. Never/rarely asked to do something outside of my job description. We hire the right people for each position. No one person is asked to wear the hat of every position.

- efelle creative Employee
47
Shyft Technologies

Shyft Technologies is a tech company developing mobile apps for coworkers and teams.

Working with our dedicated team members.

- Shyft Technologies Employee
48

SkyKick is a global provider of cloud management software for IT solution providers

The very friendly and nice relationship with the team leads.

- SkyKick Employee
49

2nd Watch provides professional and managed services for enterprise workloads in the public cloud.

We have a very open, honest, transparent leadership team who takes the time to listen and act on feedback. They are also extremely available when needed on client calls. We like to collaborate and win together as a team!

- 2nd Watch Employee
50

AppBugs, Inc. helps developers find security bugs in their apps and mobile app users identify the apps with security bugs on their devices.

51
Fuji Sushi

Fuji Sushi offers top quality Sushi, and authentic Japanese cuisines.

People are friendly and nice

- Fuji Sushi Employee
52
Privateer Holdings

Privateer Holdings is a private equity firm shaping the future of legal cannabis.

53
Integris Software

A data risk intelligence startup that enables companies to handle the complexity of their data risk in an automated, proactive way

Fun, transparent, thought leaders, experienced

- Integris Software Employee
54
Restaurants Unlimited

Restaurants Unlimited owns and operates chain of restaurants in the United States.

Hardworking and passionate about the industry

- Restaurants Unlimited Employee
55

Intelligent technology and personalized advice, so you always get the perfect insurance plan.

my freedom and the trust my company gives so im not looked over, they train us in a very skilled way so we dont have folks looking over our shoulder. pretty rewarding

- Assurance Employee
56

Qumulo is a startup company developing simple, scalable, and efficient enterprise data storage systems.

Sharing ideas and working with smart people

- Qumulo Employee
57
CreativeLive

CreativeLive is an online platform that provides live learning workshops and courses.

The ability to have an impact on the business and make educated decisions because I’m emp

- CreativeLive Employee
58
PACE Staffing Network

PACE Staffing has served leading Northwest employers and job candidates for over four decades with Temporary, Temp-to-Hire and Direct Hire job opportunities.

Driven, ethical, passionate, helpful and bright

- PACE Staffing Network Employee
59
Coding Dojo

We teach students how to build modern web applications and become developers in our 14 week bootcamp

Approachable and encourage open dialog.

- Coding Dojo Employee
60

Your healthcare. Your terms.

Very inclusive, inspiring and forward-thinking

- 98point6 Employee
61
Formidable Labs

Formidable is a global design and engineering consultancy, and open-source software organization, specializing in digital products and transformation. We have location hubs in Seattle, London, Toronto, Denver, Atlanta, and Phoenix with remote consultants worldwide. For more information please visit formidable.com.

They genuinely care about building a great culture, and value transparency and open communicationo.

- Formidable Labs Employee
62

GGLO designs distinct places where people connect and thrive. GGLO is a multi-disciplinary firm with locations in Seattle, Boise, and Los Angeles.

My team is full of smart people. They are compassionate.

- GGLO* Employee
63

Ignite is a geek event in over 100 cities worldwide.

It's a culture that focuses on and is vocal about the importance of wellbeing.

- Ignite Employee
64

Tagboard is a software platform aggregating social media content from multiple networks for end-users, brands and marketers.

Amazing health insurance, great work-life balance, and lots of PTO.

- Tagboard Employee
65

CareZone is a company that provides opportunities for caregivers to get better organized.

Knowing that co-workers are engaged and satisfied

- CareZone Employee
66
L4 Digital

"L4 Digital is a digital product agency that offers Internet of Things, consulting, design, television and mobile application development services."

67

Seattle based digital marketing & creative agency specializing in social media, search marketing, copywriting & design.

68

Elevator is the world's first team-based hiring platform. Now you can get 'acqui-hired' even if you work at a big company.

There's a lot of corporation

- Elevator Employee
69

A team of world-class chef educators and former culinary school executives dedicated to teaching culinary technique to our students around the world – completely online. With an online learning platform that optimizes the learning experience through video, assessments, and instructor interaction, students are able to advance their culinary skills and knowledge any time, anywhere and on any device.

The team is professional and responsible

- Rouxbe Employee
70
coolblueweb

CoolBlueWeb is a Seattle-based, full-service web development company that specializes in Magento, WooCommerce, and custom web development.

They have a great Bonus Structure

- coolblueweb Employee
71

Prior to TINYpulse, Niu co-founded BuddyTV in 2005

Our leadership team puts a lot of effort into being transparent, to the point of sharing financial information with the whole company.

- TINYpulse Employee
72
Geocaching

GEOCACHING is a real-world outdoor treasure hunting game. Players try to locate hidden containers, called geocaches, using GPS-enabled

73

i4cp is the fastest growing and largest corporate network focused on the practices of high-performance organizations.

They are all highly intelligent and motivated.

- i4cp Employee
74

""Intimates"" and loungewear - tomboy style.

75
Unicorn Booty

Unicorn Booty brings you the most outrageously fun news, pop-culture, and opinions on the web!

76

WSECU is a community credit union that offers banking products and services.

clear communication, outstanding support, and opportunity to learn/develop each other.

- Wsecu Employee
77
Master Construction Roofing

Master Construction Roofing is a company that construct and install roofings and sidings to residential and commercial businesses.

everyone pulls togather more like a family than coworkers

- Master Construction Roofing Employee
78
Recovery Water

Fuel Your Cells.

The clients are friendly and very receptive to our company's concepts.

- Recovery Water Employee
79
Smashing Ideas

Digital Design & Development Agency

80
Tempered Networks

Tempered Networks provides connectivity solutions for applications in water, energy, petroleum, manufacturing, and other industries.

81

Karat’s purpose is to Unlock Opportunity for engineers and companies alike, and our mission is to make every interview predictive, fair, and enjoyable. As the world’s technical hiring expert, we help companies hire smarter and grow faster, and create more opportunities for software engineers. From our industry-leading solutions to Karat’s Brilliant Black Minds program, the work we do here matters.

Get it done culture with customer focus

- Karat Employee
82
Brist Mfg.

We provide our customers with creative tools and the sourcing channels to make and distribute brand-empowering custom merchandise.

The people that put in the real blood, sweat, and tears. They’re the reason we all keep going. And the people that speak u

- Brist Mfg. Employee
83
Plaza Bank

za Bank is a state chartered full service commercial bank,

Very organized and smart team

- Plaza Bank Employee
84

FLEXE helps forward-looking brands create dynamic eCommerce fulfillment networks and resolve warehouse capacity constraints by making services on demand.

I love that we adjust annually based on the market and I always feel fairly compensated comparative to the perks of working remotely.

- FLEXE Employee
85
Subsplash ®

Subsplash is a design-centric software company. They are a design studio that creates beautiful user interfaces for anything with a screen.

Feeling like I am getting the coaching and encouragement that I need to further my career.

- Subsplash ® Employee
86

The PebbleBee was created out of necessity.

Trusworthy hard working and high integrity with apprecistion all around

- PebbleBee Employee
87

The world's smartest personal shopping assistant (Techstars NYC '15)

We all stay together and support each other.

- Mona Employee
88

Bring race timing and analysis into the 21st century, with a proprietary, flexible, on-demand race timing solution

89
EnergySavvy

EnergySavvy provides utilities with cloud solutions to drive customer intelligence, engagement, and action.

Making a difference in the world

- EnergySavvy Employee
90
Averetek Inc.

Through Teaching and Technology we seek to eliminate the friction in sales and marketing organizations. In all relationships we give first and receive second.

The team is focused on the right kind of growth - serving customers with the products and services they need to be successful in channel marketing.

- Averetek Inc. Employee