Terra Firma
Construction · Construction Robotics
Overview
TerraFirma develops autonomous machines to automate earthmoving for the construction industry, aiming to make building faster, cheaper and safer. It was founded by former SpaceX engineers and is backed by Kleiner Perkins and Bain Capital Ventures, and it hires engineers, logistics and government contracts staff. The company is headquartered in Austin, Texas, United States.
How Terra Firma hires
Truth index
C 68/100
Ghost roles
54%
Stale roles
0%
Reposted roles
0%
Terra Firma scores C on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 28 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 54% look like ghost listings, 0% 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
Funding and backers
Hiring now
28
+3 posted in 30 days
Backers
2
Kleiner Perkins, Bain Capital Ventures
Momentum
4/100
hiring for its size
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
May 2024
Website went live first capture in the Wayback Machine
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Visa sponsorship
0
H-1B filings in 12 months
28
Open roles in United States
In the register as TerraFirma, Inc., Austin, TX
Other sponsors in the same field
Monumental 
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Autodesk
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
48/100
Stable
Open positions
28
3 opened / 3 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
5 days
faster than 87% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
0%
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.
Administrative
21% ▲
HR
21% ▼
Field & Service
14% ▼
Industrial Engineering
14% ▼
Support
7% ▲
Legal
7% ▼
Activity Timeline
Added Windows to stack
Oct 2026
Added Wi-Fi to stack
Oct 2026
Added Okta to stack
Oct 2026
Added DHCP to stack
Oct 2026
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Terra Firma over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
27
Postings analysed
7
Stack modernity
74/100
Languages
C++
Python
JavaScript
Frameworks & libraries
React.js
Unity
Vue.js
Unreal Engine
Cloud & platforms
Linux
Kubernetes
Windows
AWS
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Full Terra Firma tech stack
27 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Connections
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Shared investors
Bain Capital VenturesVia a fund
Kleiner PerkinsVia a fund
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Owner
Same company
Same group
Likely
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Austin
Austin
United States
HQ
30 open roles 14 posted in 90 days 20% engineering
hires for Field & Service, HR, Robotics