SoundHound

SoundHound has a very strong engineering focus baked into its culture. Management understands things like needing to take time to properly design systems and the trade-offs between technical debt and launch schedules. People are excited to explore new technologies and see if they can solve problems for the team.

All of my co-workers in the Boulder office are smart, kind, passionate, and interesting. There are lots of social opportunities, such as lunches, happy hours, and event nights. SoundHound offers a weekly lunch stipend, so typically people will go out together for lunch on Pearl Street.

SoundHound pays for an RTD bus pass for employees, which makes commuting to and from Boulder super easy.

Short parental leave compared with similar companies. No 401k match. Still private, so stock options aren't worth as much as what you might get at other companies. HR has been understaffed for a long time. They have tried to hire several heads of HR, and none have stayed.