Ampersand, Inc. - Job Openings

What's It Like to Work at Ampersand? Someone who knows the company well once described it as collegial: it's a place where people who like and trust each other pull together in a casual and cooperative setting to try to move the world.

Being a high-end services company, our customers come to us with the most challenging of development tasks and expect us to be ready to apply state-of-the-art technical solutions to them. So we constantly work to hone our skills: the staff is comprised of top-notch engineers who are continually learning from each other. To complement this learning, our staff frequently attend courses, seminars, and symposiums. To solve difficult problems, we rely on each other and work as a team. Because we are busy doing technical work, we don't have time for formalities and bureaucracies.

Steve Smith is the CEO and one of the founders of the company. He sets the overall tone of technical excellence, uncompromising ethics, and spontaneous work environment. Steve started his career as an engineer himself, and appreciates how capricious and difficult software development can be. He believes that management exists to support the engineers and not to dictate to it. He sets a firm direction for the company, yet he knows when to be flexible in caring for the employees."

We emphasize quality and not necessarily quantity in our work. We are professionals who know how to work with exceptional productivity, but we're also well-rounded individuals who know when to stop working and focus on more important matters such as family, friends, and personal growth. Of course, software development being what it is, there are times when we do go into "crunch" mode. But people work extra hours voluntarily for the personal satisfaction of delivering superior products, not because they are forced to. In any case, Ampersand shows its appreciation of people putting in the extra effort by compensating them for all hours worked.

Technical excellence, uncompromising ethics, a spirit of cooperation, continuous learning, a fun work environment: we believe it's a great place to work.