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How Forward Networks hires

Truth index
A 86/100
Median time to fill
64 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
36%
Reposted roles
0%

Forward Networks scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 11 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 36% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 64 days. 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

Visa sponsorship

#2,260 of 8,228 sponsors
5
H-1B filings in 12 months
2
Green card filings
$188k
Median offered salary
Who they sponsor
Software developers
3
Computer and information systems managers
2
The salary offered for each occupationVisa pass · 90 credits
In the register as Forward Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (+1 more)
Other sponsors in the same field
US Department of Labor · latest filing Jun 4, 2026 · Visa details by country

Overview

Forward's flagship software, Forward Enterprise, delivers the best digital twin technology to the world's largest networks. Multi-vendor fully-scalable.

Connections

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Shared investors1
849 portfolio companies

News

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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Forward Networks over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
51
Postings analysed
30
Stack modernity
66/100
Languages
Python30%
Java13%
C#3%
C++3%
Frameworks & libraries
Svelte3%
Hibernate3%
Databases
Apache Iceberg3%
Cloud & platforms
AWS7%
Kubernetes7%
Splunk7%
Tableau7%
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Full Forward Networks tech stack 51 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$258k
Typical range
$120k – $500k
Open positions
6
5 Jobs
Senior 80%
Architect 20%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Senior 4 $258k $130k – $280k
Architect 1 $500k $500k
Highest paying role Regional VP Sales (EMEA) $500k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Forward Networks By role, level and city, against the market · 6 jobs with pay

People

Brandon Heller
Director
David Erickson
Executive Officer, Director
Nikhil Handigol
Executive Officer
Andreas Stavropoulos
Director
L. William Krause
Director
Joshua Matheus
Director
Victor Hwang
Director
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Growth

Hiring Momentum
84/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
21
8 opened / 2 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
43 days
faster than 31% 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
37% ▲
Customer Success
16% ▼
Leadership
11% ▼
Industrial Engineering
11% ▲
Backend
5% ▼
Networking
5% ▲
Actively hiring for Sales (+5 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
Added Git to stack Oct 2026
New location: United Kingdom Oct 2026
Added LinkedIn to stack Oct 2026
New location: United States Sep 2026
Added Marketo to stack Sep 2026
Added HubSpot to stack Sep 2026
Added Asana to stack Sep 2026
Added Tines to stack Sep 2026
Added SOC 2 to stack Sep 2026
Added SIEM to stack Sep 2026
Added Linux to stack Sep 2026
Added ISO 42001 to stack Sep 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
11
Hiring now
4
Countries
5
Busiest office
Santa Clara
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Santa Clara United States
HQ
Northern California
6 open roles 7 posted in 90 days 17% engineering 200-500 est. staff $130k Avg Salary
hires for Sales, DevOps, Finance
2390 Mission College Blvd., Suite 401, Santa Clara, CA 95054
seen since May 2026 company site, careers board, job postings
London United Kingdom
Sales office
UK / Ireland
3 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $500k Avg Salary
hires for Sales
seen since Mar 2026 job postings
Bengaluru India
Regional office
Bangalore, India
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Backend, Networking
seen since Oct 2025 careers board, job postings
New York United States
Support & operations
New Jersey
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Customer Success
seen since Aug 2026 careers board, job postings
Tokyo Japan
Regional office
Japan
careers board
Los Angeles United States
Regional office
Los Angeles
careers board
Chicago United States
Regional office
Chicago, Illinois
careers board
Seattle United States
Regional office
Seattle,Washington
careers board
Minneapolis United States
Regional office
Minneapolis
careers board
Boston United States
Regional office
Boston, MA
careers board
Luxembourg City Luxembourg
Regional office
Luxembourg
careers board

Jobs

≈ $149k – $297k per year (Estimated) · In office · TS/SCI · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · United States
AI Agents
Robotics
Digital Twin
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≈ $21k – $51k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · PhD · Bengaluru
Python
AI Agents
DevOps
Ansible
BGP
OSPF
MPLS
Robotics
Digital Twin
Apply
≈ $22k – $51k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · 7+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Bengaluru
Java
C++
Hibernate
AI/ML
AI Agents
DevOps
Rest API
Kubernetes
Robotics
Digital Twin
Apply
≈ $151k – $288k per year (Estimated) · In office · 6+ years exp · PhD · Santa Clara
Python
AI Agents
DevOps
Splunk
Terraform
Ansible
GCP
Datadog
Prometheus
Azure
AWS
Kubernetes
Grafana
SRE
Chaos Engineering
SLI/SLO/SLA
TCP/IP
DNS
Robotics
Digital Twin
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Financials

Total raised
$101M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
3
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Venture - Series Unknown 2022 $50M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2019 $35M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2017 $16M Details