Careers
Help make cities move more efficiently
We’re building tools to help transit agencies improve the passenger experience, provide more reliable service, and do more with their budgets. Learn more about our mission and how we work.
LA Metro, Los Angeles, CA
ART, Arlington, VA
WeGo, Nashville, TN
KC Streetcar, Kansas City, KS
SMART, Detroit, MI
MBTA Ferry, Boston, MA
OUR MISSION
Swiftly helps cities move more efficiently.
We’re passionate about public transit’s role as an equitable, sustainable method of transportation. Our work empowers transit agencies around the world to better serve their communities.
We live our values every day
These principles guide how we show up for our transit agency customers, partners, and each other.
Team
We honor commitments, support each other across every function, and show up for the people around us.
Diversity
Our team represents different backgrounds, different cities, and different ways of seeing the same challenge. That’s key to building something that works for everyone.
Communication
We say what we mean and ask when we don’t know. Through it all, we assume good intentions.
Feedback
We give constant feedback, without blame. Getting better is something we do together, not something that happens to you.
Impact
We optimize for outcomes, not activity. Our bottom line is solving agency problems to help cities move.
Growth
We hire people we can learn from and make sure they keep learning. Team members pick up knowledge and perspective here they wouldn’t find anywhere else.
OUR PEOPLE
Hear from the team
Swiftly employees share what our values mean in their own words.
Growth is only possible with feedback—and working where feedback is baked into the culture is a gift! I love working on a dedicated team that challenges me to be better.
Siena Guerrazzi, Customer Team
I’ve been inspired and encouraged daily to grow in my role at Swiftly through new challenges, honest feedback, and better ways to think. I show up every day excited!
Ella Morner-Ritt, Marketing Team
If you want to make a positive impact on the lives and journeys of millions of transit riders, then there is no better place to do so than at Swiftly! I’m proud of the impact we make.
Ritesh Warade, Leadership Team
benefits
We take care of our people.
Swiftly offers comprehensive benefits because great work deserves great support.
Health comes first
We offer a medical plan with 100% employee premium coverage, plus employer HSA contributions and an FSA option. Dental and vision are included. Our Be Well stipend provides money every month to spend on whatever keeps you feeling good.
Work life balance
We provide flexible PTO and a paid sabbatical program. We build a three-day weekend into every month with Swiftly holidays. And when life gets big, we offer 12 weeks of fully paid leave, available to birthing and non-birthing parents.
Equity upside
Every full-time employee receives equity (or phantom equity for employees outside the US) to have upside potential as we grow the company
Supporting remote work
We offer a home office stipend and internet reimbursement. We want every employee to have the tools to do their best work.
life at swiftly
More than a job. A place to thrive.
Swiftly is a remote-first company, and we invest in activities that foster community, including our twice-annual company offsite.
Mission-driven culture
We’re all passionate about transit, transit employees, and transit riders. We always celebrate our customer impact.
Team offsites
Two times a year, we bring the whole Swiftly team together for all-company sessions, collaborative work, team bonding, and fun!
Employee Resource Groups
We have ERGs for employees who are women and non-binary, LGBTQIA+, Latine, Asian American and Pacific Islander, and parents.
Swiftly holidays
We’ve added company-wide days off to the calendar to ensure that every month has a three-day weekend.
Connect with Communities
This employee-led group champions volunteerism and charitable giving, living our value of inclusion through action.
Sabbatical policy
We offer a paid four-week sabbatical, so tenured employees can relax, disconnect, and return feeling refreshed.
Be Well and transit stipends
Our monthly Be Well stipend aids employee well-being and development. And our monthly transit stipend supports our ridership.
Executive AMAs
We host regular ask-me-anything sessions for transparency into how leadership thinks. We take the anything part seriously.
Empowering everyone at Swiftly with the tools, policies, and resources to do their best work
hiring process
Here’s what to expect, start to finish
This is the standard process for the majority of roles, subject to change based on the role requirements and team.
01
Application review
We review submissions carefully and follow up if there’s a fit, usually within a week or two.
02
Recruiter screen
A 30-minute call with our talent team. We learn about you, and you get a straight read on the role and whether it’s worth your time.
03
Hiring manager interview
A deeper conversation about your experience, what you’re looking, and what excites you about this role. This is where we both start figuring out if it’s a fit.
04
Take-home assessment
A short, real-world scenario we send in advance. Put your solution together, then we’ll walk through how you got there. Kept under two hours.
05
Final round
Meet two to three people you’d actually work with. Ask us anything, and leave with a clear picture of what you’d be walking into.
Interested in joining?
Learn more about our current opportunities.
Swiftly is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
