Hubspot Engineers

May 19, 2021 7 Comments

I recently interviewed with Hubspot for a senior level engineering position. I’m not really looking around per se, but their SMB customer base appeals a bit more to me. This probably shouldn’t matter as an engineer - but I feel I have a bit more purpose when the work I am doing is helping smaller businesses.

I am expecting an offer unless they feel they can’t come close on compensation. I don’t know if I’m willing to take a pay cut, to be honest compensation is pretty good where I’m at - but I’m just a bit bored.

I had a few questions for current hubspot employees:

1) How are merit increases / promotions? I am a “top performer” currently, and have had pretty generous raises and refreshers. My fear is I leave for a similar TC, and then everything stagnates.

2) Any indication that the 401k match will increase? AFAIK the current match is $2,500 which is pretty low by industry standards.

3) How are the office politics within engineering? This is a pretty broad question, but I’m just looking to get the perspective of anyone working within the engineering group.

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    WFSb06

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    WFSb06
    1. I'm in a similar position, 'top performer' in an area of the company very difficult to hire for. I've gotten generous and competitive merit increases and refreshers every year I've been here. No idea what TC is like at SF, but I'd guess it's higher than HUBS. What keeps me here is the endless challenges and opportunities to directly impact our customers' businesses.

    Promotions beyond Senior SWE aren't as common; most of our engineering population is a Senior SWE I or II. Beyond that is Tech Lead (me), Engineering Lead on the management track; or Staff, Principal Eng on the engineering track. There are a few other roles like Staff Tech Lead that are in between tracks.
    2. Not from what I've heard, unfortunately. This is extremely common feedback provided to senior leadership.
    3. In my experience, it ranges from very little to nonexistent. I came from a F100 financial services company whose culture was suffocating; HubSpot is the exact opposite of that.

    Happy to answer any other questions to have.
    May 20, 2021 6
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      WFSb06

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      WFSb06
      For me, I’ve gotten them every year (not sure about this year, comp conversations will happen at the end of March).

      I’ll underscore that refreshers are very much not guaranteed, and there may be years where you’re just ‘meeting expectations’ and get a small or no refresher.
      Mar 2
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      qufY24

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      qufY24
      Dang, thanks for the explanation, I probably won't choose HubSpot then, too risky to join if it isn't guaranteed
      Mar 2