After BigBear.ai
- 23%Joined a startup3
- 77%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave BigBear.ai most often go to a long tail of companies. Of them, 23% go somewhere small. The median tenure is 3y 2m
Not BigBear.ai's headcount: these are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer. 38 people on a map of 67,181, No. 630 on it by people. Updated September 30, 2026.
- People on the map
- 380.1% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 2566% of the people here
- Moved on
- 1334% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 3y 2mmiddle half 1y 8m to 5y 8m
Came from, went to
Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move.
Not enough recorded moves to draw a river for BigBear.ai yet.
How long people stay
5%<1y
27%1-2y
24%2-4y
35%4-7y
8%7y+
37 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
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<3017
<3018
<3019
6<320
6<321
6<322
5323
6024
3425
<3<326
joined left2026 is a partial year
2016 to 2026: 37 joined, 13 left.
Caliber
Not enough scored profiles here yet (11).
Titles held here
- Senior Software Engineer9
- Software Engineer5
- Lead Software Engineer3
3 most common titles, by people who held them.
First job on the record for 5% of people here.
Where they studied
- George Mason11.4%
- University of Maryland11.4%
The 2 most listed schools among the 35 people here with a school on file.
4 of the 35 people here with a school on file list George Mason and 4 list University of Maryland. A person can list more than one, so these overlap.
Public work
one square is one in a hundred
16%have a public GitHub account on their profile
6 of the 38 people here whose profile was checked for public accounts. An account the check missed reads the same as no account, so this is a floor.
31% is the median across the 857 companies that can show this figure.
Where they are now
74% of the people who have worked at BigBear.ai and list a location live in Washington DC today, against 13% of everyone on the map.
BigBear.ai
Everyone on the map
- 74%Washington DC28 · map 13%
- 26%Somewhere else10
All 38 people who worked at BigBear.ai list a location, and every share here is over them.
Where they live now, from the profile as it reads today, not where they sat while working at BigBear.ai: a metro here isn't an office there. The lower strip is the same metros across the whole map.
On the same resumes
Companies that show up most often alongside BigBear.ai, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 38 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at BigBear.ai: 25 are there now, 13 have moved on.
- Median tenure at BigBear.ai: 3y 2m, middle half 1y 8m to 5y 8m.
- Of the people with a recorded next move after BigBear.ai, fewer than 3 went to a founder title next, 23% joined a company of 200 or fewer, and fewer than 3 joined one of 10,000 or more.
- Most common title held here: Senior Software Engineer, then Software Engineer.
- Top school: George Mason, listed by 4 of the 35 people here with one on file (11.4%). Then University of Maryland (4).
- 74% of the 38 people here who list a location live in Washington DC today, against 13% across the map. Where they live now, not the office they sat in while they worked here.
- 16% of the 38 people here whose profile was checked for public accounts have a public GitHub.
About this data: built from 352,028 jobs across 67,181 engineers in the Zelcast network and Eng Scorer reads, updated September 30, 2026. A move counts when the next role starts within 24 months of leaving. Companies under 20 people on the map aren't shown, and destinations under 3 people fold into the totals. Caliber is the Eng Scorer score.
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