Most Common Requests:

• 💜 Kind & Thoughtful Team: Not jerks / rude/ dismissive through the interview process

• 🌈 Diverse Team: Good ratios of women (trans & cis), non-binary folks, and URM

• 🧘🏽‍♀️ Flexibility: Valuing work-life balance and reasonable hours.

• ☀️ Mission-Driven: Commitment to societal change and social good.

• 📝 Real World Interviews: No leetcode preferred.

• 📣 Diversity in Tech Initiatives: Promoting engineering inclusivity.

• 💰 Market Salaries: Clear compensation ranges and bands.

• 🥊 Experienced Leadership Team: Managers and teams with a proven track record.

• 🏡 Some indication of Stability: i.e. the company won’t go out of business tomorrow

Culture: 

• 🙌 Collaborative Environment: Emphasizing teamwork.

• ⏰ Flexibility in Hours: Catering to various routines and time zones.

• ❤️ Emphasis on Mental Health: Addressing well-being.

• 🏠 Remote Work Opportunities: Flexible work locations.

• 🏳️‍🌈 Non-Binary Inclusion: Recognizing non-binary contributions.

• 🦋 Career Progression: Career pathing, step-up roles, etc.

• 🧠 Constant Learning Culture: Emphasis on continuous technical learning.

• 📈 Transparent Promotion Criteria: Clear paths for promotions.

• 🎖️ Valuing Non-Traditional Experience: Recognizing experience beyond schooling.

• 🛤️ Clear Career Pathing: Helping employees navigate their journey.

• 🤫 No-Meeting Days: Days dedicated only to coding.

• 🌱 Internal Growth: Promotions prioritized from within.

• 📈 Non-Management Career Pathways: Defined growth paths from junior to principal.

• 💰 Learning & Development Budget: Funds for courses, conferences, etc.

• 🎉 Recognition of Achievements: Celebrating milestones.

• 📘 Continued Education Support: Encouraging studies and certifications.

• 🔄 Feedback Culture: Regular retrospectives and improvements.

• 🛡️ Safe Failure Environment: Valuing mistakes as learning opportunities.

• 🔍 Transparent Decision Making: Involving team in decisions.

• 🗺️ Transparent Roadmaps: Clear vision of projects.

• 🕊️ Healthy Conflict Resolution: Constructive disagreement solutions.

• 📔 Accessible Documentation: Easy documentation access.

Engineering Team:

• ⏳ Tenured Engineers to Learn From: Stability with experienced members.

• ⛑️ Not Always On-Call: Diverse engineers handling tasks.

• 📚 Practical Interviewing: Real-world skills over theoretical.

• 👥 Pair Programming: Collaborative coding.

• 💼 Blameless Postmortems: No finger-pointing issue analysis.

• 🌍 Open Source Contributions: Time allocated for open source.

• ♿ Championing Accessibility: Product accessibility for all.

• 🧭 Emphasis on Ethical Coding: Ethical software development.

• 🌱 Engineering Mentorship: Guidance from senior engineers.

Business Metrics:

• 🔥 Thoughtful Burn Rate: Preferably 2 years+ for collaborations.

• 🎯 Product-Market Fit: Matching market demands.

• 💡 Highly Differentiated Value Proposition: Unique market offering.

• 💁🏽‍♀️ Focused on Their Users: Prioritizing customer needs, not just chasing hype.

• 🚀 High Output Team: Regular new feature/product releases.

• 🌱 Organic Growth: Referrals, word of mouth, people love the product.

• ✍️ Positive Reviews & Testimonials: Glowing user feedback.

• 💰 Revenue Growth: Steady earnings increase.

• 🔒 Hard-to-Replicate Tech: Valuable patents or trademarks.

Industries:

• 🌍 Climate Tech

• 🧘‍♂️ Consumer Health

• 🏥 Healthcare

• 🎓 EdTech

• ❤️ Social Impact

• 💻 Software as a Service (SaaS)

• 🤖 Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Machine Learning (ML)

• ☁️ Cloud Computing

• 🔒 Security

• 🌞 CleanTech & Renewable Energy

• 🌱 Agriculture Tech

• 🚗 Transportation & Mobility Solutions

• 📦 Logistics

• 📈 Data Analytics & Big Data

• 🛍️ Marketplaces

• 🔧 Dev Tools / Infrastructure

• 🚛 Logistics & Supply Chain

• ♻️ GreenTech

Are you currently hiring software engineers? Let us know why you would be a great fit for Leopard (such as DEI advocate, awesome values, etc) and we'll reach out!