Attentive builds a mobile messaging and conversational commerce platform used by brands to run personalised campaigns across channels like SMS. The company’s public materials position the product as AI-powered and used by a large customer base. Attentive also publishes employee-facing benefits and learning support, which gives candidates a clearer view of day-to-day employment basics than many peers.
Locations and presence
Attentive lists offices in New York City, San Francisco, London, and Sydney. Roles span hybrid and remote patterns depending on team, with some postings explicitly requiring in-office days in New York.
Palpable Score
60.8
/ 100
Attentive has real early-career entry points, including at least one clearly junior engineering role and evidence of internship hiring, but the openings mix skews more experienced in the current public slate. The strongest visible positives are pay transparency on some roles and a benefits package that includes learning support, while outcomes are harder to rate well because public progression data is limited and the company went through a notable layoff cycle.
Pillar 1: Early-career access
Score
12.0
/ 20
The company lists at least one true early-career engineering opening (Software Engineer I) with requirements framed around 1–2 years including internships or academic projects.
Attentive has evidence of internship hiring through publicly posted internship roles (for example, AI Internship listings on third-party boards).
The company’s current public job board is dominated by mid to senior roles, so entry-level access looks real but not consistently available across functions.
Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency
Score
11.8
/ 20
The company has candidate-reported processes that follow a predictable multi-stage structure (screening, manager, panel-style rounds).
Attentive appears in multiple candidate reports that include take-home work, with feedback quality and burden varying by role.
The company has public candidate feedback that mentions limited feedback or slow closure in some cases, which is costly for early-career applicants.
Pillar 3: Learning and support
Score
13.0
/ 20
The company puts learning support in writing via a learning stipend and benefits content that encourages upskilling beyond day-to-day work.
Attentive’s Software Engineer I role explicitly references learning through design discussions, code reviews, and sprint planning with more experienced teammates.
The company shares onboarding and “first months” narratives, but Attentive does not consistently publish team-level mentoring or ramp plans inside role descriptions, so support consistency is hard to verify.
Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability
Score
16.0
/ 20
The company publishes a salary range on at least some early-career roles (for example, Software Engineer I) alongside equity and benefits.
Attentive lists concrete financial security benefits such as 401(k) match and employer-paid disability coverage in its benefits overview.
The company still leaves many roles without clearly published ranges, so pay transparency is strong in places but not uniform across the job slate.
Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes
Score
8.0
/ 20
The company had a widely reported layoff event (15% in January 2023), which creates real risk for early-career continuity when markets tighten.
Attentive has repeat hiring signals (including recurring postings and public internship listings), but Attentive does not publish conversion rates, promotion timelines, or cohort outcomes.
The company has mixed public sentiment on job security and growth, and the available evidence does not let a reviewer verify 12–24 month progression patterns with confidence.
