Workforce and inventory intelligence platform for hospitality operators
Fourth operates a data analytics and workforce management platform built on PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, and major cloud vendors (AWS, Azure, GCP), with a modern data stack (BigQuery, Redshift, Snowflake, Apache Airflow, dbt) underpinning real-time intelligence features. The hiring mix is heavily skewed toward engineering and sales (30 of 38 active roles), with most hires at senior level—consistent with a post-merger company scaling implementation delivery and expanding EMEA coverage while wrestling with adoption blockers and sales effectiveness challenges.
Fourth is a global platform for workforce planning, inventory management, and payroll intelligence in retail, restaurant, and hospitality. The company formed in July 2019 through the merger of two legacy brands and now serves over 15,000 customers across 100,000 sites globally, with 2.5 million end users. The platform combines workforce scheduling, labor demand optimization, and back-office accounting solutions (including the Macromatix module) alongside data analytics capabilities. Fourth operates across the full hospitality stack—front-of-house scheduling, eProcurement, accounts payable, and recipe/menu engineering—selling primarily to quick-service restaurants and hotel operators.
PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Cassandra for transactional data; BigQuery, Redshift, and Snowflake for analytics; Apache Airflow and dbt for orchestration; Salesforce for CRM; Power BI and Tableau for visualization.
Over 15,000 customers across 100,000 sites globally, with 2.5 million end users in the hospitality sector.
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