Elastic
Large (~4,000)
Lambda
Mid (~500)
Best For
Elastic
Best for: Professionals interested in Elastic
Lambda
Best for: Professionals interested in Lambda
Ratings
ElasticLambda
4.0
3.6
Overall
4.1
3.7
Work-Life Balance
4.1
3.7
Culture & Values
4.0
3.6
Comp & Benefits
3.8
3.4
Senior Mgmt
3.8
3.4
Career Opps
👍 80% Recommend
👤 84% CEO Approval (CEO)
👍 72% Recommend
👤 76% CEO Approval (CEO)
Culture Values
Elastic only
🌐 Remote-Friendly🔓 Open Source⚖️ Work-Life Balance📡 Async-First
Lambda only
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🎯 Direct Product Impact
Shared
💎 Strong Comp & Equity
Pros & Cons
Elastic
- Fully distributed from day one — genuine remote-first culture across 40+ countries
- Open-source DNA means engineers contribute to community, not just internal products
- Cross-timezone coordination means occasional early/late meetings
- Recent leadership shifts have introduced more process and oversight
Lambda
- Building the GPU cloud that powers the world’s top AI labs — genuinely impactful infrastructure
- Smart engineering team with strong technical culture and good WLB on most teams
- Management style described as top-down; strategy clarity could be better
- Internal politics and coordination overhead slow things down for some teams
Bottom Line
Elastic
Elastic — check Glassdoor for detailed reviews.
Lambda
Lambda — check Glassdoor for detailed reviews.
Open Roles
Elastic — 198 jobs
💻 Engineering
87
💼 Sales / GTM
67
📣 Marketing
8
📋 Product
7
👤 HR / People
4
🎨 Design
3
🧠 ML / AI
3
📊 Data
2
Lambda — 32 jobs
💻 Engineering
14
💰 Finance
6
📋 Product
4
👤 HR / People
2
⚖️ Legal
1
Summary
Elastic scores 4.0/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 4.1 work-life balance rating. Lambda scores 3.6/5.0 overall with a 3.7 WLB. That’s a 0.4-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Strong Comp & Equity. Elastic also emphasizes Remote-Friendly, Open Source, Work-Life Balance, Async-First. Lambda also emphasizes Engineering-Driven, Ship Fast & Iterate, Direct Product Impact.
On the hiring front, Elastic has 198 open roles and Lambda has 32 open roles.