Global consulting and technology services firm scaling cloud and data practices
Slalom is a 10,000+ person consulting firm headquartered in Seattle, built on AWS, Azure, and GCP infrastructure with heavy investment in modern data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery). The hiring composition—423 engineers, 267 data specialists, and 198 sales roles across 11 countries—reflects a shift from pure services toward productized data and cloud delivery. Active projects center on data modernization, cloud migration, and contact-center solutions, while the tech-stack migration (replacing SQL Server and Databricks) suggests internal toolchain consolidation to support faster client delivery.
Notable leadership hires: Delivery Capability Lead, Sales Director, Data Lead, Training Lead, Global Industry Lead
Slalom is a privately held management and technology consulting firm founded in 2001. The firm serves mid-market and enterprise clients across strategy, cloud transformation, business intelligence, and organizational change. Core delivery spans cloud migration (AWS, Azure, GCP), data architecture and analytics (Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery), customer data platforms, and Salesforce implementations. With 1,740 open roles and accelerating hiring velocity, the organization is scaling engineering and data talent globally while building internal platforms for provider management, sales visibility, and data access.
Primary platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP. Data: Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery. Infrastructure: Terraform, CloudFormation, Chef, Puppet, Ansible. Frontend: React, Angular, Vue, Node.js, TypeScript. Backend: Java, .NET. CRM: Salesforce with Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Apex, Flow. Currently adopting BigQuery ML, AutoML, RAG, and Agentforce.
Key initiatives include cloud strategy and migration, contact-center modernization, customer 360 data architecture, cloud-native GCP infrastructure modernization, Databricks ETL migration, and internal tools for provider profile management. Pain points center on data modernization, talent scaling, and sales visibility.
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