Replit

AI-Powered Software Creation — Making Programming Accessible to Everyone

The consensus on Replit: Choose Replit if you want to work on exciting AI developer tools with high autonomy — but expect disorganized operations and intense leadership pressure.

2016
Founded
Foster City, CA
Headquarters
~200
Employees
$1.2B
Valuation (2024)
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Culture Overview

What it's really like to work at Replit

Founded in 2016 by Amjad Masad, Replit is building an AI-powered software creation platform that makes programming accessible to everyone. The culture is fast-paced and engineering-driven, with a focus on shipping quickly and iterating. Remote-friendly with high autonomy, but the pace can be intense. Engineers work on cutting-edge AI tools that are changing how people build software.

Ship Fast Many Hats Product Impact Engineering-Driven Social Impact
Glassdoor Ratings

Replit Glassdoor Ratings & Employee Reviews

4.0
Overall Glassdoor Score
Based on 20 reviews
Culture & Values 4.0
Compensation & Benefits 3.8
Senior Management 3.3
Career Opportunities 3.5
Work-Life Balance 3.9
Overall Rating 4.0
83% Recommend to a Friend
CEO: Amjad Masad
Employee Review Themes

Working at Replit: Pros & Cons

✓ What employees love

  • ✓ Exciting AI-powered developer tools — cool technology on the frontier
  • ✓ Remote-friendly with high autonomy and ownership of your work
  • ✓ Small team where individual contributions are visible and valued
  • ✓ Mission to democratize programming — genuinely impactful product
  • ✓ Strong engineering culture with talented, passionate colleagues

✗ What could be better

  • ✗ Disorganized operations — processes can feel chaotic
  • ✗ Leadership style can feel intense — high pressure to deliver
  • ✗ Below-market compensation compared to larger tech companies
  • ✗ Rapid pivots in direction can be disorienting for team members
Engineering Culture

How the engineering team works

Tech Stack

TypeScript Go Python Nix Kubernetes

Open Source

Replit's core IDE is built on open-source foundations. Active contributor to developer tools ecosystem. Crosis (client library) is open source.

Engineering Blog

Publishes engineering deep dives on AI code generation, infrastructure scaling, and developer experience. Read the blog →

Team Structure

Small, nimble teams with high ownership. Engineers own features end-to-end. Hybrid-friendly with Foster City office (M/W/F) and remote options.

Open Positions

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Community Sentiment

What the community says about Replit

Mixed Sentiment 5 mentions from Hacker News & Reddit · Updated 2026-04-10
“Super interesting that no one here has mentioned replit.I found the experience of using Kiro and replit really similar with one important difference: replit mostly worked.Kiro tore off and wrote tonnes of code and tests.”
Hacker News sgt101 · 2025-07-25 View thread →
“The worst customer support experiences of my life have been from Google, both while using Google Fi personally and GCP while working at Replit in its early days. Thankfully I'm no longer using either of those products now.”
Hacker News patrickscoleman · 2025-10-01 View thread →
“Interesting article, full of speculation and some logical follows, but feels like it feels short of admitting what the true conclusion is. Model building companies can build thinner wrapper / harness and can offer better prices than third party companies (the article...”
Hacker News ankit219 · 2025-08-03 View thread →
“Replit customer service did the same thing to me as a paying customer.Their customer service threw me around because fixing my locked git processes that their system locks you out of for security reasons was too much work for them.”
Hacker News mannanj · 2026-03-26 View thread →

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