Cannabis marketplace platform connecting consumers, retailers, and brands
Weedmaps operates a marketplace and SaaS platform for the cannabis industry, built on Snowflake + dbt + SQL with analytics layers in Mixpanel, Amplitude, and Heap. The company is actively modernizing its mobile app and analytics infrastructure—replacing Tableau with a new BI solution while scaling dbt models and dashboards—suggesting a shift toward real-time metrics and self-serve analytics. Hiring is concentrated in data and design (7 each), reflecting the dual focus on product modernization and analytics maturity.
Notable leadership hires: Lead Generation Specialist, Paid Media Director
Weedmaps is a public company founded in 2008 that operates a technology platform serving the cannabis industry across the U.S. and internationally. The platform functions as a marketplace connecting consumers with cannabis retailers and brands, supplemented by SaaS tools for business operations. The company operates a 501–1,000 person organization headquartered in Orange County, California. Current operational priorities include modernizing the mobile experience, reducing customer churn, addressing menu data quality issues, and scaling both analytics infrastructure and design systems to support growth.
Core: Snowflake, dbt, SQL, Python. Analytics: Mixpanel, Amplitude, Heap, Looker, Power BI. Mobile: iOS, Android. Marketing: Braze, Segment, Branch, Pinterest, TikTok. Infrastructure: Salesforce, Jira, Figma, Tableau (being replaced).
Primary initiatives: end-to-end mobile design, modernizing the legacy mobile app, expanding a mobile design system, automating reporting workflows, migrating from Tableau to a new BI solution, and building fault-tolerant dbt models and executive dashboards.
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