42 remote-first companiesAll companies
1PasswordRemote-first password manager. People work from where they live, with no required office.
AhrefsSEO platform built by a remote team spread across many countries.
AndelaConnects companies with technologists who work remotely, across Africa and beyond.
AutomatticDistributed since 2005. WordPress.com runs without a central office.
BasecampRemote for two decades. 37signals treats a shared office as optional.
BufferFully remote social company. The team publishes how they work, salaries included.
CalendlyRemote-first since 2020. Atlanta exists as a hub, not a required desk.
CanonicalDistributed by design. Ubuntu is built by a team with no headquarters.
ChecklyDeveloper monitoring, run by a remote team across Europe.
CloseFully distributed CRM. Sales software from a team with no central office.
Customer.ioRemote-first messaging platform. Hiring happens where people already live.
DeelBuilt to employ people in other countries, and recruits across borders itself.
DoistRemote-first and asynchronous. Todoist is built across timezones on purpose.
DuckDuckGoFully distributed search company. There is no headquarters to commute to.
ElasticDistributed by design. Search and observability, with people hired in place.
FirstbaseShips equipment to remote hires, and runs as a remote company.
Fly.ioApp platform run by a distributed team that does not share an office.
GitLabAll-remote since the start. No headquarters, and the handbook is public.
Grafana LabsRemote-first observability company. Hiring across regions is the default.
HashiCorpBuilt as a remote infrastructure company, with people hired across countries.
Help ScoutFully remote support software. The company has been distributed for years.
HotjarGrew up fully remote. Product work was never tied to one office.
LaravelThe company behind the PHP framework works as a remote team.
MetabaseOpen-source business intelligence, built by a remote team.
MozillaGlobal organization. A large share of Firefox work happens outside one headquarters.
NetlifyWeb platform that operates as a distributed team across timezones.
OpenZeppelinSmart-contract security firm that works as a remote team.
OysterEmploys people in other countries for distributed companies, and is distributed itself.
PilotBookkeeping for startups, delivered by a distributed team.
PlanetScaleServerless MySQL from a team that works across countries.
PostmanAPI platform with people working from many countries.
RemoteThe product is employing people abroad. The company hires that way too.
SafetyWingInsurance for remote workers, built by a remote team.
SnykDeveloper security company with teams spread across countries.
SourcegraphAll-remote code search. An office is not part of the job.
SupabaseFully remote. The Postgres company hires worldwide.
SupersideFully remote design company. Creative work without a studio headquarters.
TestGorillaRemote-first skills assessments for hiring.
TogglFully remote. Time tracking built by people who do not share an office.
ToptalScreens senior freelancers who work remotely with clients.
Wikimedia FoundationThe nonprofit behind Wikipedia works as a distributed team.
ZapierFully distributed. Remote is the only way the company operates.
