Build Your Future With Okera
We’re a group of driven people
who genuinely believe in, and love what we do.
Who We Are
There are no big egos here. We collaborate, we try to make each other better, and if we say we’re going to do something—we do it. We believe that every person who works here should feel comfortable giving honest feedback, and should always feel as though that feedback will be heard.
What We Stand For
Our passion is to make data more accessible and better governed for our customers.
Believe you can make a difference and do it
Work together to win together
Teamwork (period!)
We win as a collective and work together to lift one another up.
Be curious and engaged
Curiosity is the desire to learn.
Engaged is a deep commitment to meet our goals.
Execute with urgency
Act in proportion to the urgency.
Clarify the scope.
Communicate the consequences.
Customer success is our success
Customer-first mentality: listen to our customers and go the extra mile.
Our success is measured by our customers’ success.
When our customers win using our product, we get a deeper engagement, commitment and we win their trust.
Be open, direct, and kind
Everyone wants to work with amazing peers – be open and direct with feedback and expectations, and do it in a kind way. Transparency, honesty are critical to ensure we are on the same page and calibrating with realistic perspectives.
We do that with kindness by being open to understanding the perspectives of others and countering alternate ideas or perspectives with patience, grace and kindness.
Practice radical candor with the intention of wanting to see your peer be their best and do their best.
Okera Engineering Culture
Work In The Open
Leverage Uncertainty
We are building an innovative product in a space that is brand new. We are building a product unlike any others to solve problems for our customers that did not exist before. There is inherent uncertainty in this space. We don’t know what the market will look like in the future. As our customers begin to use our product we don’t know what new needs they will have as they learn to apply our product. We make product and technical decisions in the face of this uncertainty. We do not shy away from uncertainty. Our attitude towards uncertainty is our advantage. We commit boldly when we make a decision but we will change directions quickly as necessary.
Shorten Feedback Loops
To meet our customers’ needs faster we must iterate faster. To be faster we must learn faster. We are always looking for ways to test our ideas faster, to make changes faster, and to receive feedback faster.
Done Means Done
When we set out to build something we aren’t done until it’s completely done. We do not hedge our communication or leave unfinished work for others. We own our work by seeing it to the end.
Quality
We define quality standards, measure quality and have policies to ensure changes meet quality standards.
Measurability
We choose to work in a way that exposes data about our work and processes to make measurements and quality improvements possible.
Build institutional knowledge
We choose to make what we’re doing comprehensible and knowable as quickly as possible. We seek ways to mentor each other.
Life at Okera
The big and little things that make life a lot better.
Competitive salaries
Parental Leave
Medical, dental, vision and stock options
Dog-friendly HQ in San Francisco’s vibrant mid-market neighborhood
Unlimited time off
New Employee Recruiting Referral Bonus
401k plan
Wellness Supplement
Happy hours
Professional Development Stipend
Free-lunch Fridays
Office in Seattle’s historic Pioneer Square
Join Our Team
Okera is revolutionizing the way companies manage their data across on-premise and cloud-based data stores. We are solving for one of the biggest challenges facing big data right now – opening up data access for greater innovation while ensuring proper governance and compliance! We’re a passionate team who genuinely believes in, and loves what we do – all things data! There are no big egos here. We are collaborative, and we thrive off empowering our customers through better management of their data assets.
