Company details

HEADCOUNT

100-499

ORG TYPE

Startup

SECTOR

Technology & Digital

WEBSITE

https://www.cloudsmith.com/

About the company

Cloudsmith builds a cloud-native artifact management and software supply chain security platform used to store, secure, and distribute software packages and containers. The company positions the product as “critical infrastructure” for CI/CD pipelines, with features like vulnerability scanning and policy enforcement. Cloudsmith runs as a multi-tenant SaaS platform and sells to enterprise engineering teams. The company careers site lists 120+ coworkers and frames the business as being in a scaling phase after Series B funding.

Locations and presence

The company is headquartered in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and hires across the UK and Ireland, with roles tagged NI/GB/ROI. Cloudsmith also lists locations including London, Cork, Dublin, Jaipur (India), and the USA, with many interviews run online.

Palpable Score

60.7

/ 100

Cloudsmith has unusually candidate-friendly public detail on response timelines, interview steps, and what onboarding looks like, which is a big help to early-career applicants. Entry-level access is present inside the organisation (Graduate and Associate titles exist), but current open roles skew experienced and pay ranges are rarely published, which limits confidence on fairness for new grads.

Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

10.0

/ 20

The company shows early-career entry points through existing titles like Graduate Software Engineer, Associate Software Engineer, and Associate Support Engineer in the public team directory.
Cloudsmith’s current open engineering role example (Software Engineer) asks for 2–4 years of professional experience, which pushes true entry-level candidates out of scope.
The company is only advertising a small set of roles at once (single-digit openings), so even when junior titles exist internally, the “0–3 years” intake is not reliably visible as recurring hiring.

Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

14.0

/ 20

The company publishes an application response expectation of up to two weeks, which reduces the common early-career problem of silent pipelines.
Cloudsmith describes role-specific assessments up front (for example technical assessments for technical roles and a video intro for sales roles) and says multiple team members will meet candidates to evaluate different skills.
The company’s public interview feedback is mixed on duration and expectations for some commercial roles, including reports of longer multi-stage loops and location constraints on “remote” roles.

Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

15.0

/ 20

The company sets a concrete onboarding expectation: a first-month deep dive, supported by “detailed learning documentation” and an “open-door” Slack culture where new hires can message anyone to set up time.
Cloudsmith includes a professional development budget in job postings (training, conferences, certifications), which is one of the most practical early-career growth supports.
The company’s role pages are not consistent about structured mentorship or a manager cadence (weekly 1:1s, shadowing, ramp milestones), so day-to-day support likely varies by team.

Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

10.7

/ 20

The company advertises stability signals in postings such as health, dental, and vision insurance, generous annual leave, flexible working, and equity.
Cloudsmith does not consistently publish salary ranges on the careers site, which makes it harder for graduates to judge pay fairness before investing time in interviews.
The company has some third-party pay signals (including an Associate Software Engineer figure in the UK), but the sample is thin and not reliable enough to lift the score further.

Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

11.0

/ 20

The company has a positive overall employee sentiment signal on Glassdoor (high “would recommend”), but the review base is small and not tagged to early-career experiences.
Cloudsmith publicly describes scaling from a very small team to dozens of staff and now 120+ coworkers, but the company does not publish early-career metrics like time-to-promotion or 12–24 month retention.
The company’s public team directory shows multiple Associate-level roles across functions, which hints at repeat junior hiring, but it does not show progression paths or internal moves over time.

Useful links & resources

Cloudsmith Careers (FAQ + onboarding)Cloudsmith Current Job Openings Cloudsmith People Directory (shows Graduate/Associate titles)