Poolside

AI Code Generation Models — San Francisco & Paris

The consensus on Poolside: Be brilliant, be kind — where ideas become experiments and experiments become breakthroughs. Remote-first with monthly Paris gatherings.

SF / Paris
Headquarters
~150
Employees
3.8
Glassdoor
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Culture Overview

What it's really like to work at Poolside

Poolside is building AI foundation models specifically for code generation, with offices in San Francisco and Paris. The culture is remote-first, flat, and research-oriented — "be brilliant, be kind" is the ethos. With ~150 employees, everyone wears many hats and has real impact on cutting-edge code generation research. Monthly Paris gatherings keep the distributed team connected. Still early-stage, so processes are forming and compensation may trail larger AI labs.

Glassdoor Ratings

Poolside Glassdoor Ratings & Employee Reviews

3.8
Overall Glassdoor Score
Very limited data (4 reviews) — estimates noted
Culture & Values4.0
Work-Life Balance3.5
Compensation & Benefits3.5
Career Opportunities3.8
Senior Management3.5
Overall Rating3.8
Employee Review Themes

Working at Poolside: Pros & Cons

What employees love

  • Remote-first across Europe and North America
  • Cutting-edge foundation models for code generation
  • Remote-first with monthly Paris gatherings
  • Cutting-edge code generation research

What could be better

  • Very early-stage — processes still forming
  • Compensation may trail larger AI labs
  • Early-stage with limited structure
  • Comp may trail larger AI labs
Engineering Culture

How the engineering team works

Tech Stack

PythonPyTorchCUDA

Product

Foundation models purpose-built for code generation. Training large-scale models on code-specific datasets to power the next generation of AI coding assistants.

AI & ML

Frontier research in code-specific foundation models, training infrastructure, and code understanding. Learn more →

Team Structure

~150 employees, remote-first with flat structure. Monthly in-person gatherings in Paris. Engineers wear many hats across research and engineering.

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