Stay small

As anyone who has worked at a large organization knows, keeping hundreds or thousands of people aligned, communicating, and working effectively is difficult, if not impossible. More people, more problems.

At Strange Loop, we choose to stay small. This means everyone knows each other, is aligned on strategy, and can re-use the cool stuff others have built. We are energized by figuring out how to get more out of our small team.

No middle

Staying small requires us to remove a lot of the waste that exists at larger companies. One of those things is the expansive tier of project, product, and middle managers required to keep the behemoth running.

At Strange Loop, Engineers speak directly with customers. This enables them to build better products and work around deadlines. Engineers feel the pain of their users, and the relief when they solve it.

Remote first

Talented people deserve to work where they want. They will not do better work if they live in a particular part of the world, or with a manager looking over their shoulder.

Remote work introduces a number of challenges, just as in-office does. We are committed to continually finding better ways of solving them.

Share the wealth

At Strange Loop, every employee receives salary and equity. We want employees to benefit if we do exit, but we don't want an exit to become the goal. Good companies focus on solving customer problems long-term, not optimizing revenue short-term.

To facilitate this, we share the profits we make with all our employees annually. Everyone receives an equal share. This means everyone benefits from the good work they do, and is incentivized to build a better company for the long-term.