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Overview

Lightcast is a labor market analytics company formed in 2021 from the merger of Emsi, founded in 2000, and Burning Glass Technologies. It collects and structures job postings, worker profiles, compensation data and government statistics from more than 160 countries, and sells skills taxonomies, workforce analytics and economic research to employers, colleges, universities and economic development agencies. The company is headquartered in Moscow, Idaho, United States.

News

News New Atlas 4 months ago
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Press release PRNewswire 1 year ago
Lightcast Acquires Consulting Firm Simply, Extending Its Lead in Skills Intelligence
/PRNewswire/ -- Lightcast, the global leader in labor market intelligence, today announced the acquisition of Simply, a UK-based workforce analytics provider...
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Press release The Manila Times 1 year ago
Lightcast and Carahsoft Partner to Bring Data-Driven Workforce Strategies to the Public Sector
Powerful Labor Market Data and Analytics Solutions Now Available to Government Agencies and Educational Institutions
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News Fortune 1 year ago
The real problem gripping rural America and the jobs of the future
America isn't short on jobs-it's short on workers. As AI reshapes the economy, the Great American Worker must become an AI-enabled superworker.
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News Fortune 1 year ago
The real problem gripping rural America and the jobs of the future
America isn't short on jobs-it's short on workers. As AI reshapes the economy, the Great American Worker must become an AI-enabled superworker.
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News Business Insider 1 year ago
America's people shortage is about to get real. Colleges, companies, and cities are unprepared.
As the US birth rate continues to decline, employers, universities, and the entire economy is already scrambling to bridge the gap.
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Lightcast over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
33
Postings analysed
21
Stack modernity
84/100AI adopter
Languages
SQL71%
Python29%
TypeScript10%
JavaScript10%
Frameworks & libraries
React.js10%
Angular5%
Next.js5%
Tailwind CSS5%
Databases
Snowflake29%
BigQuery10%
Google BigQuery10%
Cloud & platforms
Databricks10%
Tableau10%
AWS5%
Figma5%
AI & ML
LLM14%
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Full Lightcast tech stack 33 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Growth

Hiring Momentum
84/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
18
7 opened / 12 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
45 days
faster than 30% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~3 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.
Analytics
28% ▼
Sales
22% ▲
Product
11% ▼
Marketing
8% ▼
Solutions
8% ▼
Data Science
6% ▲
Actively hiring for Sales (+3 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
Added Rust to stack Oct 2026
Added Node JS to stack Oct 2026
Added Docker to stack Oct 2026
Added AWS to stack Oct 2026
Added Angular to stack Oct 2026
New location: Moscow Sep 2026
Added RAG to stack Sep 2026
Added Power BI to stack Sep 2026
Added Jira to stack Sep 2026
Added Asana to stack Sep 2026
Added Microsoft Office to stack Sep 2026
Added Machine Learning to stack Sep 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Moscow
Moscow United States
HQ
12 open roles 16 posted in 90 days 17% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Sales, Data Science, Product
seen since Feb 2026 job postings
Earlier presence
Boston, United States 1 open roles · last posting Jul 2026

Jobs

≈ $77k – $149k per year (Estimated) • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • 1+ year exp
SQL
Snowflake
Databricks
Google BigQuery
BigQuery
Management
Agile
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≈ $82k – $174k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 2+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Moscow
Python
SQL
Snowflake
AI/ML
LLM
Analytics
Tableau
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≈ $64k – $137k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Moscow
A/B Testing
Design
Figma
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≈ $75k – $170k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 1+ year exp • Bachelor's Degree • Moscow
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Remote (Bulgaria, Serbia, Slovenia) • Contractor • Bachelor's Degree • Bulgaria • Slovenia • Serbia
SQL
NLP
Machine Learning
Analytics
Microsoft Excel
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≈ $20k – $55k per year (Estimated) • Remote (Italy, Greece, North Macedonia) • Contractor • Bachelor's Degree • Greece • North Macedonia • Italy
SQL
NLP
Machine Learning
Analytics
Microsoft Excel
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≈ $82k – $166k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 1+ year exp • Moscow
SQL
Snowflake
Databricks
Google BigQuery
BigQuery
Management
Agile
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≈ $77k – $207k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 8+ years exp • Moscow
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Financials

Total raised
$27M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Venture - Series Unknown 2026 $27M Details