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Seattle-based infrastructure and applied AI roles have appeared, alongside a physical office listing.
Seattle hiring puts direct pressure on the two largest cloud employers in the region.
The round was led by Lightspeed with participation from existing investors including Google. Proceeds are earmarked for training compute and international enterprise expansion.
Compute commitments at this size lock in accelerator supply that competitors then cannot buy.
Open roles moved from 187 to 246 over the trailing 30 days, with research engineer roles leading the increase.
A jump this size is a funded programme, not backfill — expect new teams rather than replacements.
Estimated employees moved from 1,717 to 2,100 across the trailing 90 days, based on public profile and directory changes.
Headcount moving this fast means new teams are being stood up, not backfilled.
Median posted compensation for data engineer roles moved from about $243K to $294K across 58 observed postings and reports.
Pay moving this fast usually signals a supply shortage rather than a general raise.