Brex
Large (~1,600)
Contentful
Large (~1,000)
Best For
Brex
Best for: Engineers who want to build AI-powered fintech at massive scale with smart colleagues
Contentful
Best for: Backend and full-stack engineers who want to work on developer-facing content infrastructure with remote flexibility and an established product used by major brands
Ratings
BrexContentful
4.0
3.4
Overall
3.9
3.8
Work-Life Balance
3.8
3.5
Culture & Values
4.0
3.4
Comp & Benefits
3.5
3.2
Senior Mgmt
3.6
3.2
Career Opps
👍 77% Recommend
👤 71% CEO Approval (Pedro Franceschi)
👍 68% Recommend
👤 71% CEO Approval (Jaspar Carmichael-Jack)
Culture Values
Brex only
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🪟 Transparent
Contentful only
🌐 Remote-Friendly
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🎯 Direct Product Impact🌱 Learning & Growth
Pros & Cons
Brex
- Innovation-driven culture with incredibly smart, passionate, and supportive colleagues
- Strong benefits and time off actively encouraged with flexible scheduling
- Culture of overworking — many departments understaffed relative to workload expectations
- Multiple rounds of layoffs in recent years have created uncertainty and morale challenges
Contentful
- Flexible remote/hybrid setup with strong distributed team culture
- Talented and humble engineering team with approachable, responsive leadership
- Stagnating product development with competition overtaking in key areas
- Internal promotions are difficult with pay disparities between long-tenured and new hires
Bottom Line
Brex
Choose Brex if you want to build AI-powered fintech at massive scale with smart colleagues — but expect intense workloads and some organizational instability from recent layoffs.
Contentful
Pioneer in headless CMS with genuine remote flexibility, but Glassdoor is below average (3.4, 68% recommend) — reviews mention leadership instability and limited career progression.
Open Roles
Brex — 250 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
80
💻 Engineering
51
📋 Product
20
🎨 Design
15
📣 Marketing
14
📊 Data
10
👤 HR / People
8
⚙️ Operations
8
💰 Finance
5
⚖️ Legal
3
🎧 Support
2
Contentful — 114 jobs
💻 Engineering
56
📋 Product
17
💼 Sales / GTM
13
📊 Data
6
📣 Marketing
4
🧠 ML / AI
2
⚖️ Legal
1
🎧 Support
1
Summary
Brex scores 4.0/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.9 work-life balance rating. Contentful scores 3.4/5.0 overall with a 3.8 WLB. That’s a 0.6-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven, Direct Product Impact, Learning & Growth. Brex also emphasizes Ship Fast & Iterate, Transparent. Contentful also emphasizes Remote-Friendly.
On the hiring front, Brex has 250 open roles and Contentful has 114 open roles.