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5 Cool Businesses You Haven’t Heard of Yet — And They’re Hiring!

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Glassdoor Team | Author & Career Expert at Glassdoor | 7 Apr 2020

If you want to work for a cool company, look no further than this list: These companies do some pretty cool things, from digitising financial services to helping people rent their homes. (They’re also looking for talented people to join their ranks!) Be sure to check them out and apply today!  Canonical Overall Rating: 3.5 What It Does: Canonical is the publisher of Ubuntu, its services help governments and businesses the world over with migrations, management and support for their Ubuntu deployments. Where Hiring: London What Employees Say: You will work shoulder to shoulder with some of the most brilliant engineers in the industry, and because Canonical is always exploring the cutting edge you’ll constantly be exposed to new technologies. These projects join up in lots of interesting ways, so wherever you are there are plenty of opportunities to collaborate with peers working on Kubernetes, AI/ML, and the other stacks.” — Current Anonymous Employee

11:FS Overall Rating: 4.4 What It Does: “Our ultimate aim is to transform financial services across the world, and positively impact the lives of millions of customers by delivering truly digital financial services to retail, business, corporate, insurance, and asset management customers,” 11:FS writes on its Glassdoor profile.  Where Hiring: London What Employees Say: “Great startup designers, product people, engineers and customer researchers. Building and launching fintech products that impact people's lives It has a great culture. Hard working but space to make your mark” — Current Director

Backbase

Overall Rating: 4.1

What It Does: According to its Glassdoor profile, Backbase’s mission is to serve 10% of all smartphone users worldwide with a Backbase-powered financial app. Yes, that means 270 million people!

Where Hiring: Cardiff

What Employees Say: Backbase is an awesome place to work if you are self-sufficient most of the time. The environment is awesome. It is relaxed, informal, and multicultural. People are easily approachable, from regular employees to VP.” — Current Backend Engineer

Beamery

Overall Rating: 4.2 What It Does: “Beamery is the leading Talent Operating System, consolidating Talent CRM, Marketing, Compliance Automation & Management, and a Connected integration layer on one unified platform,” the company writes on its Glassdoor profile. “It enables enterprises to attract, identify and engage candidates at scale. Founded in 2014, Beamery is trusted by the world's most innovative global organizations to treat their candidates like customers.” Where Hiring: London What Employees Say; “Beamery is a fantastic place to work. It's a fast paced, growing tech company with very cool offices. The product is fun and adds a lot of value to our clients. The people that work at Beamery are great—everyone is smart, nice and helpful. Anytime I have a question or need assistance everyone is more than willing to help. Leadership is willing to roll up their sleeves and get involved. I strongly believe in our leadership team.” — Current Anonymous Employee

Spotahome Overall Rating: 3.5 What It Does: According to its Glassdoor profile, “Spotahome is one of Europe's fastest-growing startups. … It is changing the way people rent their homes for mid- to long-term stays, taking the process 100% online thanks to the verification process by the company's ‘Homecheckers,’ professional photographers who visit the property and create all the audio-visual materials to recreate the experience of being there in-person: HD video tours, high-quality and 360-degree photos, floor plans and detailed descriptions which include information on the property and neighbourhood.”  Where Hiring: London What Employees Say: Family feel. Determination not to settle for mediocre. Genuine desire by management to do right by the staff. Working on a product that has potential to have a huge impact. More ability to be creative than anywhere I have worked.” — Current Anonymous Employee

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