What's It Like to Work at Blacksmith?

What People Are Saying About Blacksmith

  • Benefits & Perks: Benefits include health, dental, and vision coverage, a 401(k) match, equity with early exercise, unlimited PTO, paid family leave, team offsites, Friday lunches, and a guaranteed birthday off with a Michelin‑star dinner plus a mechanical keyboard choice. These offerings, alongside competitive compensation, signal deliberate investment in employee well‑being at a small but growing company.
  • Autonomy: Roles emphasize high ownership within a small, high‑bar team that prefers proactive self‑starters under a “no passengers” ethos. Broad scope, in‑person hubs in NYC/SF, and tight customer feedback loops create direct impact and end‑to‑end responsibility.
  • Innovation & Products: Work is centered on a high‑performance CI cloud built on bare‑metal infrastructure, microVM isolation, co‑located caching, and deep GitHub integration with rich CI observability. An active shipping cadence and visible performance wins make the product surface technically engaging with measurable outcomes for engineering teams.