Chainguard
Mid (~350)
Labelbox
Medium (~350)
Best For
Chainguard
Best for: Security-minded engineers who want remote-first open-source work with strong comp
Labelbox
Best for: ML infrastructure engineers building data labeling and training platforms for frontier AI labs and enterprises
Ratings
ChainguardLabelbox
4.5
3.8
Overall
4.2
3.6
Work-Life Balance
4.3
3.8
Culture & Values
4.2
3.6
Comp & Benefits
4.1
3.5
Senior Mgmt
4.0
3.6
Career Opps
👍 88% Recommend
👤 90% CEO Approval (Dan Lorenc)
👍 72% Recommend
👤 78% CEO Approval (Manu Sharma)
Culture Values
Chainguard only
🌐 Remote-Friendly🔓 Open Source⚖️ Work-Life Balance
Labelbox only
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🌈 Diverse & Inclusive
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven💎 Strong Comp & Equity
Pros & Cons
Chainguard
- Fully remote with outstanding benefits — 100% employer-paid insurance for employees and families
- Founders are practitioners who understand what engineers and security teams need
- Growing so fast that some inefficiencies exist, though improving
- Fully remote means you miss in-person interactions with teammates
Labelbox
- Competitive compensation and equity
- Working with top AI labs as customers
- Rapid growth creates organizational churn
- Some teams move faster than others
Bottom Line
Chainguard
Choose Chainguard if you want to build supply chain security tools in a remote, open-source-first culture with strong equity — but expect a fast-moving startup pace.
Labelbox
Choose Labelbox if you want to work on the data side of AI — labeling, evaluation, and training infrastructure used by frontier AI teams — with moderate SF-based intensity.
Open Roles
Chainguard — 63 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
27
💻 Engineering
24
📣 Marketing
3
📋 Product
2
🎨 Design
1
Labelbox — 9 jobs
💻 Engineering
3
🧠 ML / AI
3
📊 Data
1
Summary
Chainguard scores 4.5/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 4.2 work-life balance rating. Labelbox scores 3.8/5.0 overall with a 3.6 WLB. That’s a 0.7-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven, Strong Comp & Equity. Chainguard also emphasizes Remote-Friendly, Open Source, Work-Life Balance. Labelbox also emphasizes Ship Fast & Iterate, Diverse & Inclusive.
On the hiring front, Chainguard has 63 open roles and Labelbox has 9 open roles.