Anyscale
Medium (~250)
Samsara
Large (~5,200)
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
Samsara
Best for: Sales and ops professionals who thrive in a high-growth public company selling real IoT hardware+software to physical industries
Ratings
AnyscaleSamsara
4.2
4.0
Overall
3.8
3.9
Work-Life Balance
4.2
4.1
Culture & Values
4.1
4.0
Comp & Benefits
4.0
3.8
Senior Mgmt
4.0
3.8
Career Opps
👍 84% Recommend
👤 87% CEO Approval (Robert Nishihara)
👍 80% Recommend
👤 84% CEO Approval (Sanjit Biswas)
Culture Values
Anyscale only
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🔓 Open Source🤝 Flat Hierarchy
Samsara only
🎯 Direct Product Impact🌱 Learning & Growth💎 Strong Comp & Equity
Shared
🚀 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
Samsara
- Clear career trajectory with frequent promotions in sales
- Real-world product impact building IoT for physical operations
- Engineers rate WLB at only 2.9/5 despite company average of 3.9
- Remote work used to justify overwork including weekends
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.
Samsara
Strong sales culture and real-world product impact at massive scale, but engineers report significantly worse WLB than the company average suggests.
Open Roles
Anyscale
No open roles currently listed
Samsara — 383 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
188
💻 Engineering
60
📋 Product
36
📣 Marketing
11
🧠 ML / AI
10
📊 Data
7
⚙️ Operations
7
🎧 Support
5
👤 HR / People
3
⚖️ Legal
2
🎨 Design
1
Summary
Anyscale scores 4.2/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.8 work-life balance rating. Samsara scores 4.0/5.0 overall with a 3.9 WLB. That’s a 0.2-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Ship Fast & Iterate. Anyscale also emphasizes Engineering-Driven, Open Source, Flat Hierarchy. Samsara also emphasizes Direct Product Impact, Learning & Growth, Strong Comp & Equity.
On the hiring front, Anyscale has 0 open roles and Samsara has 383 open roles.