Company details

HEADCOUNT

25-99

ORG TYPE

Startup

SECTOR

Technology & Digital

WEBSITE

https://www.weaviate.io

About the company

Weaviate builds an open-source, AI-first database used for vector search and retrieval-augmented generation workloads. The company highlights a large developer community and open-source adoption, including millions of downloads and a sizable GitHub following. Weaviate also runs a commercial cloud offering alongside the open-source product. Public company pages position Weaviate as “remote-first” with a strong emphasis on values and transparency.

Locations and presence

Weaviate operates as a fully remote company with employees distributed globally. Public profiles still anchor the company around Amsterdam, while hiring notes indicate some roles are region-restricted.

Palpable Score

59.0

/ 100

Weaviate is a safer bet than many startups on hiring transparency and remote-friendly working, with a clearly described interview flow and benefits that support home working. The main limiter for graduates is that early-career entry points exist but are not consistently visible as a repeatable pipeline, and public progression evidence is still thin.

Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

10.0

/ 20

The company has offered internships, including a Developer Growth internship described publicly through a first-person intern write-up.
Weaviate has also advertised for interns via social channels, which supports the idea that internships recur at least occasionally.
The company does not visibly publish a steady stream of 0–2 year “Junior” or “Associate” roles on its main careers surface, which limits day-one access for new graduates.

Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

14.0

/ 20

The company publishes a four-step interview process with named stages, clear participants (People & Culture, hiring manager, team members), and stated durations for most interviews.
Weaviate includes a role-related challenge plus a follow-up discussion stage, which is a reasonable skills check when it is scoped tightly.
The company does not publicly time-box the challenge, and candidate reports mention some take-home tasks feeling too long or unclear, which creates fairness risk for early-career applicants.

Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

14.0

/ 20

The company’s intern write-up describes day-to-day support signals like a manager encouraging ideas from the team rather than dictating work.
Weaviate positions remote work as a core operating model and backs it with practical enablers like home office budget and work equipment, which helps early-career hires set up well.
The company does not publish a structured onboarding plan, mentoring scheme, or progression framework that an entry-level hire could rely on as a roadmap.

Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

11.0

/ 20

The company lists concrete perks like a MacBook, home office budget, and flexible time off, which are meaningful stability signals for remote early-career hires.
Weaviate funds in-person connection through company trips, which can reduce the isolation risk of remote-first work for juniors.
The company does not publish salary ranges or clear junior equity explanations on the main careers surface, which caps confidence on pay fairness.

Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

10.0

/ 20

The company has a moderate Glassdoor footprint with a strong overall rating and high “would recommend” percentage, which is a positive early signal on employee experience.
Weaviate shows mixed hiring outcomes in candidate reporting, including a relatively low “positive interview experience” share and complaints about take-home workload.
The company does not share public early-career outcome proof such as promotion examples, intern-to-full-time conversion rates, or junior retention patterns, so progression confidence stays limited.