Brex
Large (~1,600)
Hugging Face
Small (~400)
Best For
Brex
Best for: Engineers who want to build AI-powered fintech at massive scale with smart colleagues
Hugging Face
Best for: Open-source enthusiasts who value remote flexibility over top comp
Ratings
BrexHugging Face
4.0
3.8
Overall
3.9
4.1
Work-Life Balance
3.8
4.2
Culture & Values
4.0
3.4
Comp & Benefits
3.5
3.6
Senior Mgmt
3.6
3.5
Career Opps
👍 77% Recommend
👤 71% CEO Approval (Pedro Franceschi)
👍 78% Recommend
👤 85% CEO Approval (Clement Delangue)
Culture Values
Brex only
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate⚙️ Engineering-Driven🎯 Direct Product Impact🌱 Learning & Growth
Hugging Face only
🔓 Open Source🤝 Flat Hierarchy🌐 Remote-Friendly🕐 Flexible Hours🧩 Wears Many Hats📡 Async-First
Shared
🪟 Transparent
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
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
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.
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
Brex — 235 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
72
💻 Engineering
49
📋 Product
18
🎨 Design
15
📣 Marketing
14
👤 HR / People
13
📊 Data
10
⚖️ Legal
6
💰 Finance
3
⚙️ Operations
3
🎧 Support
2
Hugging Face — 9 jobs
🧠 ML / AI
6
💻 Engineering
2
Summary
Brex scores 4.0/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.9 work-life balance rating. Hugging Face scores 3.8/5.0 overall with a 4.1 WLB. That’s a 0.2-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Transparent. Brex also emphasizes Ship Fast & Iterate, Engineering-Driven, Direct Product Impact, Learning & Growth. Hugging Face also emphasizes Open Source, Flat Hierarchy, Remote-Friendly, Flexible Hours, Wears Many Hats, Async-First.
On the hiring front, Brex has 235 open roles and Hugging Face has 9 open roles.