After Covariant
- 13%Joined a startup3
- 33%Joined a big company8
- 54%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave Covariant most often go to Amazon and OpenAI. Of them, 13% go somewhere small. The median tenure is 2y 10m
Not Covariant's headcount: these are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer. 26 people on a map of 67,181, No. 970 on it by people. Updated September 30, 2026.
- People on the map
- 26Under 0.1% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 14% of the people here
- Moved on
- 2596% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 2y 10mmiddle half 1y 3m to 4y 9m
Came from, went to
Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move. Most arrive from Meta. Most leave for Amazon (29% of recorded departures).
6 of 26 recorded arrivals shown, 20 more from 18 other companies12 of 24 recorded departures shown, 12 more to 10 other companies
How long people stay
19%<1y
15%1-2y
30%2-4y
33%4-7y
4%7y+
27 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
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<3018
6019
6<320
4<321
4<322
3523
01424
0<325
0026
joined left2026 is a partial year
2017 to 2026: 27 joined, 26 left.
Caliber
Not enough scored profiles here yet (11).
Titles held here
- Software Engineer9
- Research Scientist4
- Tech Lead Manager3
3 most common titles, by people who held them.
Whether a title rose here
The level of the first title recorded here, against the last.
32%Titles that rose7 of 22 classified people
- 32%Rose7 people
- 45%Stayed level10 people
- 23%Fell5 people
22 of the 26 people here had a title that could be placed on the ladder before and after.
A title rose when the last title recorded here sits higher on the ladder than the first. For someone with one title here who then left, it's measured against the first title of their next role. The ladder runs intern, junior, mid, senior, staff or manager, principal, director, VP, then founder or C-level. Titles that match no rung are left out rather than guessed, and product, program and project managers are left out entirely as a different ladder. What's left leans towards people who have left: someone still here on one recorded title has nothing to measure against.
Where they studied
- UC Berkeley57.7%
- Stanford19.2%
The 2 most listed schools among the 26 people here with a school on file.
15 of the 26 people here with a school on file list UC Berkeley and 5 list Stanford. A person can list more than one, so these overlap.
Public work
Not enough of the record here has been checked.This share needs 30 people whose profile was checked for public accounts, and there are fewer here.
Where they are now
92% of the people who have worked at Covariant and list a location live in the San Francisco Bay Area today, against 41% of everyone on the map.
Covariant
Everyone on the map
- 92%SF Bay Area24 · map 41%
All 26 people who worked at Covariant 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 Covariant: 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 Covariant, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 26 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at Covariant: 1 are there now, 25 have moved on.
- Most leave for Amazon: 7 people, 29% of recorded departures. Then OpenAI.
- Most arrive from Meta: 3 people. Then OpenAI.
- Median tenure at Covariant: 2y 10m, middle half 1y 3m to 4y 9m.
- Of the people with a recorded next move after Covariant, fewer than 3 went to a founder title next, 13% joined a company of 200 or fewer, and 33% joined one of 10,000 or more.
- Most common title held here: Software Engineer, then Research Scientist.
- Top school: UC Berkeley, listed by 15 of the 26 people here with one on file (57.7%). Then Stanford (5).
- 92% of the 26 people here who list a location live in SF Bay Area today, against 41% across the map. Where they live now, not the office they sat in while they worked here.
- 7 rose, 10 stayed level, 5 fell, out of the 22 people here whose title could be placed on a ladder before and after.
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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