Anyscale
Medium (~250)
Mercury
Large (~1,300)
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
Mercury
Best for: Engineers who want product ownership and fast growth building startup banking infrastructure
Ratings
AnyscaleMercury
4.2
4.3
Overall
3.8
3.8
Work-Life Balance
4.2
3.9
Culture & Values
4.1
4.0
Comp & Benefits
4.0
3.8
Senior Mgmt
4.0
3.9
Career Opps
👍 84% Recommend
👤 87% CEO Approval (Robert Nishihara)
👍 79% Recommend
👤 85% CEO Approval (Immad Akhund)
Culture Values
Anyscale only
🔓 Open Source🤝 Flat Hierarchy
Mercury only
🎯 Direct Product Impact🌱 Learning & Growth💎 Strong Comp & Equity🧩 Wears Many Hats
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate
Pros & Cons
Anyscale
- Brilliant colleagues from top companies
- Direct impact on AI/ML ecosystem
- Context switching between projects
- Documentation can lag behind development
Mercury
- Strong talent density with smart, motivated teammates and genuine autonomy and ownership
- Great Place to Work certified — product-first mindset with meaningful scope for every engineer
- Still figuring out how to scale processes — expect some ambiguity and shifting priorities
- Work-life balance rated 3.8/5 — periods of higher intensity during rapid growth phases
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.
Mercury
Choose Mercury if you want product ownership, fast growth, and to build banking infrastructure for startups — but expect growing pains and occasionally intense workloads.
Open Roles
Anyscale
No open roles currently listed
Mercury — 70 jobs
💻 Engineering
15
💼 Sales / GTM
13
👤 HR / People
4
📋 Product
4
🎨 Design
3
⚖️ Legal
3
⚙️ Operations
3
📊 Data
2
💰 Finance
2
📣 Marketing
2
🧠 ML / AI
1
🎧 Support
1
Summary
Anyscale scores 4.2/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.8 work-life balance rating. Mercury scores 4.3/5.0 overall with a 3.8 WLB. That’s a 0.1-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven, Ship Fast & Iterate. Anyscale also emphasizes Open Source, Flat Hierarchy. Mercury also emphasizes Direct Product Impact, Learning & Growth, Strong Comp & Equity, Wears Many Hats.
On the hiring front, Anyscale has 0 open roles and Mercury has 70 open roles.