Esper builds cloud software for government agencies to evaluate and manage public policy through integrated data analysis. The tech stack—Java, Kafka, Temporal, Redis, Kubernetes—reflects a backend-heavy, event-driven architecture designed for complex data pipelines and state management. Current hiring focuses on building out customer success, finance operations, and engineering; the concentration of projects around CS playbooks, financial processes, and contract pricing suggests the company is scaling post-product-market fit but grappling with operational maturity gaps.
Notable leadership hires: Finance Director
Esper is a B2B SaaS platform serving government agencies and public administration bodies. The product helps clients integrate disparate data sources and transform them into actionable policy insights, enabling more transparent and data-driven decision-making. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, the company operates as a lean team of 11–50 employees focused on the intersection of policy technology and government digital transformation. Active projects signal a shift toward operational scaling: establishing customer success processes, building internal finance infrastructure, and formalizing pricing and contract management.
Java, Micronaut, Kafka, Temporal, Redis, Kubernetes, Docker, gRPC, with supporting tools including GitHub, CircleCI, Jira, and Claude for AI tasks.
Austin, Texas. All current hiring is concentrated in the United States.
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