Skip to main content
Remotivated Logo

Early Access

Substack banner
Substack logo

Substack

•
200 employees
Flexible Hybrid

Substack is a subscription publishing platform where writers, podcasters, and creators of all types build independent businesses around their work. Creators keep 90% of their subscription revenue. Substack only makes money when they do.

Substack's Remote Policy

From their careers page: "Many of our employees work from home or on the go. So we offer full time employees a monthly stipend to cover for phone and internet costs." All employees receive a home office setup allowance. The team is spread across the US, Canada, and the UK, with offices in San Francisco (HQ) and New York City. Work arrangements vary by role: engineering and design positions range from hybrid to fully remote, while some partnerships roles are tied to specific cities.

Benefits & Perks

Health & Wellness

1

Health Insurance

Substack covers 100% of health insurance premiums for employees and their dependents, along with fully funded HRA plans.

Time Off

3

Unlimited PTO

Substack offers a flexible vacation and paid time off policy that puts employees in control of deciding when they need time away.

Paid Holidays

Employees receive 12 paid holidays annually on average.

Company Shutdown Days

Substack closes the office between Christmas Eve and New Year's Day each year so the entire team can recharge together.

Remote & Equipment

2

Home Office Stipend

All new employees receive a generous allowance to customize their home office setup.

Internet Stipend

Full-time employees receive a monthly stipend to cover phone and internet costs.

Family & Care

1

Parental Leave

Substack offers generous parental leave so employees can be fully present for the new members of their family.

Tech Stack

JavaScript & Libraries

React
Lodash
Sentry

Frameworks

TypeScript
JavaScript
Python
Kotlin
Swift
Sql
Node.js
Express

Databases

PostgreSQL
Redis
Snowflake
Amazon Dynamodb

Infrastructure

Amazon Ec2
Heroku
Airflow

CMS & Content

Greenhouse

CDN & Delivery

Amazon S3
Cloudinary

Analytics & Monitoring

Amplitude
Google Analytics
Periscope Data
Sisense

Advertising & Marketing

Facebook Ads
Twitter Ads

Payments

Stripe

Integrations

Google Tag Manager
Google Workspace
Mailgun
Postmark
Zendesk

Media

Crowdcast
39 technologies detected

Why Substack

Substack has turned subscription publishing into a viable career path for thousands of independent creators. The platform handles newsletters, podcasts, video, community chat, and paid subscriptions under one roof, replacing the patchwork of tools most creators cobble together. Their business model is structurally different from ad-driven platforms: Substack takes a 10% cut of paid subscriptions and earns nothing from free content, which means the company's incentives align directly with creator success rather than attention capture.

The team is small relative to the platform's reach, and that shapes how people work. Engineers ship across web, iOS (Swift/SwiftUI), and Android (Kotlin/Jetpack Compose) with high autonomy and minimal process. The Community team brainstorms new products directly with CEO Chris Best, and prototypes become shipped features quickly. Everyone at the company, CEO included, rotates through customer support to stay close to creators and subscribers. The co-founder trio includes a "Chief Writing Officer," Hamish McKenzie, a former journalist and Tesla lead writer, which says something about how seriously Substack takes the craft behind its product.

Suggest an edit to this profile

Do you work at Substack?

Help others learn about the remote work culture. Your anonymous review helps job seekers make informed decisions.

Open Positions
13 positions

Showing 6 of 13 positions