Anyscale
Medium (~250)
Hugging Face
Small (~400)
Best For
Anyscale
Best for: Distributed systems and ML infrastructure engineers who want to work on the Ray open-source project and commercial AI infra
Hugging Face
Best for: Open-source enthusiasts who value remote flexibility over top comp
Ratings
AnyscaleHugging Face
4.2
3.8
Overall
3.8
4.1
Work-Life Balance
4.2
4.2
Culture & Values
4.1
3.4
Comp & Benefits
4.0
3.6
Senior Mgmt
4.0
3.5
Career Opps
👍 84% Recommend
👤 87% CEO Approval (Robert Nishihara)
👍 78% Recommend
👤 85% CEO Approval (Clement Delangue)
Culture Values
Anyscale only
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate
Hugging Face only
🌐 Remote-Friendly🕐 Flexible Hours🪟 Transparent🧩 Wears Many Hats📡 Async-First
Shared
🔓 Open Source🤝 Flat Hierarchy
Pros & Cons
Anyscale
- Brilliant colleagues from top companies
- Direct impact on AI/ML ecosystem
- Context switching between projects
- Documentation can lag behind development
Hugging Face
- True open-source DNA — you work on things millions of developers actually use
- Remote-first and async culture that actually works across time zones
- Below-market comp compared to FAANG
- Career progression is unclear — no well-defined ladder
Bottom Line
Anyscale
Choose Anyscale if you want to work on Ray — the dominant compute framework for AI workloads — with strong engineering culture and open-source DNA.
Hugging Face
Choose Hugging Face if you want to build tools millions of ML devs use with true remote freedom — but comp lags FAANG.
Open Roles
Anyscale
No open roles currently listed
Hugging Face — 9 jobs
🧠 ML / AI
6
💻 Engineering
2
Summary
Anyscale scores 4.2/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.8 work-life balance rating. Hugging Face scores 3.8/5.0 overall with a 4.1 WLB. That’s a 0.4-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Open Source, Flat Hierarchy. Anyscale also emphasizes Engineering-Driven, Ship Fast & Iterate. Hugging Face also emphasizes Remote-Friendly, Flexible Hours, Transparent, Wears Many Hats, Async-First.
On the hiring front, Anyscale has 0 open roles and Hugging Face has 9 open roles.