Forerunner
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How Forerunner hires
Truth index
B 75/100
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
100%
Reposted roles
0%
Forerunner scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 4 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 100% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
News
Garmin Forerunner 70 Hits 0.99 Heart Rate Accuracy in Runs
Garmin Forerunner 70 heart rate tracking hits a 0.99 correlation for running. Compare this budget GPS watch against the Forerunner 170 and 265 models.
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Garmin Cirqa And Forerunner Under Spotlight At Garmin Earnings Call
Strong results have seen a jump in Garmin's share price, thanks to strong fitness wearable sales. CEO Cliff Pemble also talked all things Cirqa at the earnings call.
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Garmin Goes Big on GPS Running Watches, Dropping the Forerunner 55 to an All-Time Low and Making It a Steal Compared to Apple Watches
While the black model offers the biggest savings, other options are available for less, too.
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Most Runners Don't Need More Than This, Garmin Forerunner 165 at a Near Record Low
The Forerunner 165 does everything most runners actually need.
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Marissa Mayer's new startup Dazzle raises $8M led by Forerunner's Kirsten Green
Mayer launched Dazzle after shuttering her photo and contact management startup Sunshine. Green's investment suggests Dazzle is poised for the coming wave of new AI-infused consumer businesses.
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Chuck Benton and Softporn Adventure
We talked with Chuck Benton about the forerunner to Leisure Suit Larry.
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Forerunner's long game: As startups stall before IPO, all options are on the table
Thirteen years ago, Forerunner Ventures began helping to usher in a new era of consumer startups, including Warby Parker, Bonobos, and Glossier. None has
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I wore the Garmin Forerunner 165 for a month and now it's my new favorite running watch
The Garmin Forerunner 165 brings some of Garmin's best training fitness to a more affordable price point. Here's what to know before buying one.
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Forerunner over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
23
Postings analysed
5
Stack modernity
81/100AI adopter
Languages
TypeScript
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
Frameworks & libraries
PostGIS
React.js
React Native
Redux
Databases
PostgreSQL
Cloud & platforms
AWS
Datadog
Figma
AI & ML
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Full Forerunner tech stack
23 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$215k
Typical range
$125k – $250k
Open positions
7
7
Jobs
Middle
14.3%
Senior
71.4%
Architect
14.3%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle | 1 | $125k | $125k |
| Senior | 5 | $215k | $165k – $250k |
| Architect | 1 | $250k | $250k |
Highest paying role
Account Executive
$250k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Forerunner
By role, level and city, against the market · 7 jobs with pay
People
James White
Executive Officer, Director
Adam Michela
Director
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
79/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
10
3 opened / 2 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
59 days
faster than 24% 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.
Marketing
25%
DevOps
13% ▼
Product
13% ▲
Management
13% ▼
Sales
13% ▲
Customer Success
13% ▲
Activity Timeline
New location: Portland
Oct 2026
New location: United States
Sep 2026
Removed Rest API from stack
Sep 2026
Added Rest API to stack
Sep 2026
Added Model Context Protocol to stack
Sep 2026
Added ETL/ELT to stack
Aug 2026
Added Threat Modeling to stack
Aug 2026
Added Terraform to stack
Aug 2026
Added SOC 2 to stack
Aug 2026
Added FedRAMP to stack
Aug 2026
Added Datadog to stack
Aug 2026
New location: Portland
Aug 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
6
Hiring now
4
Countries
1
Busiest office
New York
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Brooklyn
United States
HQ
New York
United States
Support & operations
9 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 33% engineering 1-10 est. staff $204k Avg Salary
hires for Sales, Backend, Mobile
San Francisco
United States
Regional office
9 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 33% engineering 1-10 est. staff $204k Avg Salary
hires for Sales, Backend, Mobile
Portland
United States
Regional office
9 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 33% engineering 1-10 est. staff $204k Avg Salary
hires for Sales, Backend, Mobile
Portland
United States
Sales office
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Sales
Clermont
United States
Regional office
The Forerunner
P.O. Box 138030, Clermont, FL, 34713
Jobs
$180k – $210k per year • Hybrid • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • New York • San Francisco • Portland
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≈ $136k – $264k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • New York • San Francisco • Portland
TypeScript
PostgreSQL
PostGIS
DevOps
Terraform
Datadog
CI/CD
AWS
Cybersecurity
SOC 2
FedRAMP
Threat Modeling
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≈ $124k – $256k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • 4+ years exp • New York • San Francisco • Portland
Model Context Protocol
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$185k – $215k per year • Hybrid • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • New York • San Francisco • Portland
JavaScript
TypeScript
SQL
PostgreSQL
PostGIS
AI/ML
Cursor
Claude Code
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
CI/CD
AWS
Analytics
ETL/ELT
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$185k – $215k per year • Hybrid • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • San Francisco • New York • Portland
JavaScript
Kotlin
TypeScript
Swift
Objective-C
Redux
React.js
Mobile
React Native
State Management
Offline-First
DevOps
CI/CD
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Financials
Total raised
$1.5M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2019 | $1.5M | Details |