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Overview

Brightwheel is an educational technology company headquartered in San Francisco, California, and founded in 2014. The company provides an all-in-one software platform for childcare providers and preschools that manages administrative tasks such as enrollment, attendance tracking, automated billing, and parent communication. It serves thousands of early childhood education programs across the United States, ranging from in-home daycares to large multi-site centers, and is backed by venture capital firms.

News

News Fortune 9 years ago
Term Sheet - Friday, February 17
On deals and dealmakers.
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News TechCrunch 9 years ago
Brightwheel raises $10 million to keep parents in-the-know about their kids' day at school
You may have seen the startupBrightwheel scoring an investment from Mark Cuban and Chris Sacca on Sharktank last year. Or you may know Brightwheel if you
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News EdSurge
Brightwheel Raises $2.2M to Help You Go to Preschool - EdSurge Ne
Brightwheel Raises 2.2 Million to Help You Go to Preschool
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Forbes Cloud 100 2025 List - Largest Cloud Computing Companies Ranked
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Brightwheel over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
59
Postings analysed
19
Stack modernity
87/100AI adopter
Languages
TypeScript37%
JavaScript32%
Kotlin26%
SQL26%
Frameworks & libraries
React.js32%
Jetpack Compose26%
Ruby on Rails26%
Sidekiq26%
Databases
PostgreSQL37%
Amazon Redshift32%
Redis32%
Snowflake16%
Cloud & platforms
AWS42%
Kubernetes37%
AWS Bedrock32%
Amazon EKS32%
AI & ML
Claude21%
ChatGPT11%
Gemini5%
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Full Brightwheel tech stack 59 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$209k
Typical range
$75k – $263k
Open positions
11
9 Jobs
Junior 11.1%
Senior 44.4%
Staff 11.1%
Principal 11.1%
Architect 22.2%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Junior 1 $130k $130k
Senior 4 $199k $181k – $263k
Staff 1 $237k $237k
Principal 1 $258k $258k
Architect 2 $240k $235k – $244k
Highest paying role Senior Engineering Manager, Product $263k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Brightwheel By role, level and city, against the market · 11 jobs with pay

Growth

Hiring Momentum
66/100
Growing
Open positions
18
4 opened / 7 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
44 days
faster than 30% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics +100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Sales
46% ▲
Analytics
11% ▼
AI/ML
7% ▼
Marketing
7% ▲
Leadership
4% ▲
Product
4% ▼
Actively hiring for Sales (+8 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
Added Zapier to stack Oct 2026
Added Google Drive to stack Oct 2026
Added Copilot to stack Oct 2026
Added Rest API to stack Sep 2026
Added Slack to stack Sep 2026
Added Google Sheets to stack Sep 2026
Added Stripe to stack Sep 2026
Added Intercom to stack Sep 2026
Added Tool Use to stack Sep 2026
Added Agentforce to stack Aug 2026
Added Function Calling to stack Aug 2026
Added Semantic Search to stack Aug 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
3
Hiring now
2
Countries
2
Busiest office
Islamabad
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San Francisco United States
HQ
Islamabad Pakistan
Sales office
2 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 50% remote 50-200 est. staff
hires for Sales
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Des Moines United States
Sales office
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $75k Avg Salary
hires for Sales
seen since Jul 2026 job postings

Jobs

$194k – $263k per year • Remote (United States, US time zones hours) • Full-Time
JavaScript
Kotlin
TypeScript
Ruby
Swift
Ruby on Rails
Sidekiq
Databases
PostgreSQL
Redis
AI/ML
AWS Bedrock
Frontend
React.js
Mobile
Jetpack Compose
DevOps
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
Amazon EKS
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$174k – $258k per year • Remote (United States, US time zones hours) • Full-Time
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$154k – $237k per year • Remote (United States, US time zones hours) • Full-Time • 5+ years exp
JavaScript
Kotlin
TypeScript
Ruby
Swift
Ruby on Rails
Sidekiq
Databases
PostgreSQL
Redis
AI/ML
Cursor
Claude Code
Function Calling
AI Agents
AWS Bedrock
OpenAI Codex
Tool Use
Frontend
React.js
Mobile
Jetpack Compose
DevOps
GitHub Actions
FluxCD
CI/CD
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
Amazon EKS
Amazon S3
Amazon CloudWatch
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$133k – $189k per year • Remote (United States, US time zones hours) • Full-Time • 2+ years exp
JavaScript
Kotlin
TypeScript
Ruby
Swift
Ruby on Rails
Sidekiq
Databases
PostgreSQL
Redis
AI/ML
Cursor
Claude Code
Function Calling
AI Agents
AWS Bedrock
OpenAI Codex
Tool Use
Frontend
React.js
Mobile
Jetpack Compose
DevOps
GitHub Actions
FluxCD
CI/CD
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
Amazon EKS
Amazon S3
Amazon CloudWatch
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Financials

Total raised
$10M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Venture - Series Unknown 2017 $10M Details