After Merge
- 100%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave Merge most often go to a long tail of companies. The median tenure is 1y 2m
Not Merge's headcount: these are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer. 29 people on a map of 67,181, No. 879 on it by people. Updated September 30, 2026.
- People on the map
- 29Under 0.1% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 2172% of the people here
- Moved on
- 828% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 1y 2mmiddle half 8m to 2y 5m
Came from, went to
Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move. Most arrive from Meta.
7 recorded departures to 7 companies, none more than 2 to any one of them
11%3Meta3 of 28 recorded arrivals shown, 25 more from 21 other companies0 of 7 recorded departures shown, 7 more to 7 other companies
How long people stay
44%<1y
22%1-2y
26%2-4y
7%4-7y
0%7y+
27 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
<3020
3021
3322
6<323
<3<324
5025
9<326
joined left2026 is a partial year
2020 to 2026: 29 joined, 8 left.
Caliber
Not enough scored profiles here yet (14).
Titles held here
- Software Engineer11
- Member of Technical Staff3
2 most common titles, by people who held them.
Where they studied
- Caltech10.3%
- University of Michigan10.3%
The 2 most listed schools among the 29 people here with a school on file.
3 of the 29 people here with a school on file list Caltech and 3 list University of Michigan. 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
55% of the people who have worked at Merge and list a location live in the San Francisco Bay Area today, against 41% of everyone on the map.
Merge
Everyone on the map
- 55%SF Bay Area16 · map 41%
- 34%New York10 · map 18%
- 10%Somewhere else3
All 29 people who worked at Merge 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 Merge: 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 Merge, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 29 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at Merge: 21 are there now, 8 have moved on.
- Most arrive from Meta: 3 people.
- Median tenure at Merge: 1y 2m, middle half 8m to 2y 5m.
- Of the people with a recorded next move after Merge, fewer than 3 went to a founder title next, fewer than 3 joined a company of 200 or fewer, and fewer than 3 joined one of 10,000 or more.
- Most common title held here: Software Engineer, then Member of Technical Staff.
- Top school: Caltech, listed by 3 of the 29 people here with one on file (10.3%). Then University of Michigan (3).
- 55% of the 29 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.
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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