Nation's largest self-storage operator with 5,000+ employees
Public Storage operates the largest self-storage footprint in the US with a distributed workforce across property, field, and corporate teams. The tech stack—GCP, BigQuery, Kubernetes, Terraform, Airflow, and Salesforce—reflects a cloud-native, data-driven operations platform. Hiring remains heavily weighted toward operations and management roles (363 ops, 351 manager-level openings), with active projects focused on delinquency management, inventory accuracy, and analytics-driven strategy, signaling a shift from manual field operations toward centralized intelligence and automation.
Notable leadership hires: Sustainability Director, Risk and Compliance Director, Technical Lead
Public Storage owns and operates self-storage facilities across the United States, serving both residential and commercial customers. Founded in 1972, the company has grown to become the nation's largest self-storage provider, managing a distributed portfolio that requires real-time coordination across property managers, district managers, and corporate teams. The operating footprint spans multiple states and extends into Canada and Panama. Core operational challenges center on tenant delinquency, inventory accuracy, compliance, and customer experience optimization—all areas where the company is applying cloud analytics, workflow automation, and contact-center AI to improve field execution.
Public Storage uses GCP (BigQuery, Cloud Functions, Cloud Composer, Vertex AI, Pub/Sub, Cloud Run), Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, Salesforce, dbt Cloud, Apache Airflow, and Google Cloud Contact Center AI, among others. The stack emphasizes cloud infrastructure and data analytics.
Public Storage is headquartered in Glendale, California. The company employs 5,001–10,000 people and hires across the United States, Canada, and Panama.
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