Ironclad

Enterprise contract management software
Last updated:
February 3, 2026
Company details
HQ
HEADCOUNT
500-999
ORG TYPE
Startup
SECTOR
Technology & Digital
About the company
Ironclad builds contract lifecycle management software (CLM) for legal and business teams, with a strong focus on AI-assisted workflows. The company describes a mission around “powering the world’s contracts” and positions the product as enterprise-grade contracting infrastructure. Ironclad publicly outlines benefits like 100% employee health coverage (US), flexible PTO, wellness support, and family-forming support.
Locations and presence
Ironclad lists hubs in San Francisco, New York City, and London, plus “distributed (select roles)” hiring. The company also uses hybrid language in both the careers page and role postings (including specific in-office expectations for some teams).
Palpable Score
70.8
/ 100
Ironclad offers real early-career entry points through paid internships and a visible set of entry-level roles, plus unusually clear public guidance on the interview flow. The score is capped by limited public evidence on early-career promotions, conversion rates, and longer-term retention across cohorts.
Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

13.3
/ 20
  • The company has an active paid Software Engineer Intern role with a defined 12-week format and an hourly range, which is a concrete entry-level route.
  • Ironclad shows multiple roles tagged “Entry level” alongside internships on major job boards, rather than only hiring senior talent.
  • The company’s overall open roles still skew mid-senior, so entry-level access looks present but not high-volume.

Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

15.0
/ 20
  • The company publishes a step-by-step interview process (application review, recruiter conversation, role-specific screen, team interviews, decision and offer), which reduces guesswork for first-time candidates.
  • Ironclad includes role-specific expectations and tooling in job ads (for example SDR workflows and required communication skills), which helps applicants self-screen without insider knowledge.
  • The company’s candidate feedback is mixed in public review forums, so the day-to-day consistency of speed and communication is hard to score at the very top.

Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

15.5
/ 20
  • The company structures the engineering internship with an assigned mentor, manager 1:1s, intern programming, tech talks, and leader networking across engineering, product, and design.
  • Ironclad pairs some early-career roles with “move up within the organization” language and playbook-building responsibilities, which can create real learning if managers coach properly.
  • The company does not publish an onboarding or leveling framework for early-career progression, so learning support beyond internships is not fully visible.

Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

16.0
/ 20
  • The company posts strong early-career compensation signals in at least some roles, including $50/hr for software engineering interns and an OTE range for entry-level SDR hiring.
  • Ironclad publicly lists meaningful benefits (health coverage, wellness stipends, parental leave, retirement support), which matters for early-career stability as much as base pay.
  • The company does not show salary ranges on every role across every geography in one consistent format, which stops this pillar short of “best-in-class transparency.”

Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

11.0
/ 20
  • The company has public employee review content describing a positive “first job out of college” experience, which is a helpful but limited signal on early-career fit.
  • Ironclad has public review themes around growth opportunities, but those accounts are not broken out specifically for interns and new grads, so outcomes for the earliest-career population stay hard to verify.
  • The company shows some early-career movement patterns in LinkedIn employee profiles, but Ironclad does not publish conversion rates, promotion timelines, or retention metrics for juniors.

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