Futurestack Blog
Insights on engineering, hiring, and the future of work.
How to structure technical interviews for Senior Engineers
Stop asking seniors to reverse binary trees on a whiteboard. Here's a framework for assessing system design and architecture skills that actually matter.
State of the Engineering Job Market - 2024
An in-depth analysis of compensation trends, remote work preferences, and the shifting dynamics between startups and enterprise hiring.
Building async-first communication in remote teams
Why constant Slack interruptions are killing your team's velocity, and how to transition to a documentation-first asynchronous culture.
Futurestack Match v2.0: Smarter API integrations
We've completely rewritten our matching engine's API to allow deep integration with your existing ATS (Greenhouse, Lever, etc).
From IC to Tech Lead: A survival guide
The hardest transition in software engineering isn't learning a new framework—it's learning how to multiply the output of others.
Why we abandoned microservices for a modular monolith
A transparent look at our architecture migration, the pain points of managing distributed state, and why a monolith was the right choice.