Payroll, HR and hiring platform for multi-unit restaurants and frontline teams
Workstream sells payroll, HR, hiring and compliance software to restaurant operators and hourly-workforce employers, built on Ruby on Rails, React, Node.js, PostgreSQL and AWS. An unusual embedded layer (C++, RTOS, Bluetooth Low Energy, with Zephyr and FreeRTOS being adopted) alongside projects on first-person video capture and robotics datasets points to a hardware-backed AI data effort beyond core HR SaaS. Hiring is accelerating and engineering-heavy.
Notable leadership hires: Head of Delivery, Chief Operating Officer, Chief of Staff
Workstream, founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, provides a mobile-first platform covering the frontline employee lifecycle: recruiting, onboarding, scheduling, payroll, benefits and compliance. Its core customers are multi-unit restaurant brands, independent restaurants and franchise operators managing high-turnover hourly staff across many locations. The privately held company employs 201–500 people and hires across the United States, the Philippines, Singapore and Canada. The product integrates with client HR, payroll and POS systems, and the company is extending into AI assistants for frontline teams.
Workstream runs on Ruby on Rails, Java, Node.js, React and Next.js with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis and AWS managed via Terraform. Go-to-market tools include Salesforce, Outreach, ZoomInfo and Gainsight.
Current projects include expanding its payroll suite, an AI assistant for frontline teams, API integrations with client HR, payroll and POS systems, and first-person video data collection for AI robotics training.
Workstream is hiring in the United States, the Philippines, Singapore and Canada, with engineering leading the mix alongside marketing, sales and leadership roles such as COO and Head of Delivery.
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