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Taylor Rose Taylor Rose
Published on November 25, 2025

Atlassian Data Engineering Team Culture: What Is It Like to Be a Data Scientist?

Take an inside look at how the distributed Atlassian data team builds cutting-edge tools through a team culture rooted in collaboration, teamwork and psychological safety.

Stephen Ostrowski Stephen Ostrowski
Updated on November 25, 2025

Atlassian Company Culture: Collaboration Everywhere, Team Anywhere

As the creator of software tools like Jira, Confluence and Trello, Atlassian knows collaboration. Three employees share how the company’s “Team Anywhere” distributed work model has improved their work and lives — without sacrificing connection.

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Eva Roethler Eva Roethler
Updated on November 24, 2025

Affirm Work-life Balance: Where ‘Time Off’ Is Not a Dirty Word

To be effective, flexible time off needs to be supported by a culture of work-life balance. Here’s what that looks like at Affirm.

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Adrienne Teeley Adrienne Teeley
Updated on November 24, 2025

Affirm Benefits: Ensuring Employees Building Families Are Fully Supported

Wherever employees are on their journey to parenthood, Affirm has their back with generous benefits and unconditional support.

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Taylor Rose Taylor Rose
Updated on November 24, 2025

Affirm Engineering Team Culture: Inside the Engineering Team

Affirm SVP of Engineering Geddes Munson shares the team’s relentless focus on technical excellence in service of consumers. 

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Stephen Ostrowski Stephen Ostrowski
Updated on November 24, 2025

Achieve Leadership: What This Fintech Wants To Accomplish With Its Recent Rebrand

“We want to do big things.” Team members at Achieve, formerly known as Freedom Financial Network, explain the weight behind their company’s rebrand.

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Stephen Ostrowski Stephen Ostrowski
Updated on November 24, 2025

Achieve Career Growth: The Bottom Line For These Digital Personal Finance Professionals? Making an Impact.

“Today, consumer finances are fragmented, and it’s up to the consumer to keep track of their financial picture and figure out what to do.” How these team members at Achieve aim to combat that through their work

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Olivia McClure Olivia McClure
Updated on November 24, 2025

Academia.edu Career Growth: How This Tech Leader Launched Her Career — And Why She Stayed

When Isabel Zhang joined the edtech company six years ago, she was an ambitious, newly graduated engineer. Now, she’s a skilled leader who aims to inspire others.

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Ashley Bowden Ashley Bowden
Updated on November 21, 2025

Deloitte’s 2025 Technology Fast 500 List Featured 85 Bay Area Companies

Network security company Horizon3.ai is the highest-ranked company in San Francisco this year with 19,939 percent growth.

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Sam Daley Sam Daley
Updated on November 20, 2025

11 San Francisco Cybersecurity Companies Keeping Our Data Safe

These San Francisco Bay Area cybersecurity companies are using the latest in tech to stop cyber criminals in their tracks.

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