After Rivian
- 7%Joined a startup3
- 18%Joined a big company8
- 76%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave Rivian most often go to Applied Intuition. Median stay 1y 11m
These are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer, not Rivian's headcount: 59 people on a map of 26,572, the No. 156 company on it by people. Updated August 20, 2026.
- People on the map
- 590.2% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 1525% of the people here
- Moved on
- 4475% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 1y 11mmiddle half 1y 1m to 4y
Put Rivian side by side with another company, every number against every number.
Came from, went to
Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move. Most arrive from Uber. Most leave for Applied Intuition (7% of recorded departures).
3 of 63 recorded arrivals shown, 60 more from 56 other companies3 of 45 recorded departures shown, 42 more to 38 other companies
How long people stay
20%<1y
30%1-2y
24%2-4y
26%4-7y
0%7y+
50 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
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2019
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joined left2026 is a partial year
2012 to 2026: 60 joined, 45 left.
Caliber
78mediantop 10%88
0Eng Scorer caliber, 59 scored99
Titles held here
- Software Engineer16
- Senior Software Engineer15
- Software Engineer Intern10
- Staff Software Engineer6
- Software Engineer II3
5 most common titles, by people who held them.
Behind the median
Everyone here with an Eng Scorer read, placed in their caliber tier.
- 14%Strong8 people
- 31%Solid18 people
- 56%Emerging33 people
59 of the 59 people here carry an Eng Scorer tier.
Exceptional and strong are the top two of the five tiers. 8 of the 59 people here with a read sit in them, 14%. A tier is the band an Eng Scorer caliber score falls in, so this is the same measurement as the median on the caliber card, opened up.
Whether a title rose here
The level of the first title recorded here, against the last.
43%Titles that rose22 of 51 classified people
- 43%Rose22 people
- 47%Stayed level24 people
- 10%Fell5 people
51 of the 59 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 who recorded one title here and then left, it is 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. A title that matches no rung is left out rather than guessed, and product, program and project managers are left out entirely, being a different ladder. That leaves 51 of the 59 people here classified, and it leans towards people who have left: someone still here on a single recorded title has nothing to be measured against.
Where they studied
- UC Berkeley13.6%
- UC Davis8.5%
- UCLA5.1%
The 3 most listed schools among the 59 people here with a school on file.
Of the 59 people here with a school on file, 8 list UC Berkeley, 5 list UC Davis and 3 list UCLA. A person can list more than one school, so these overlap rather than add up.
Public work
one square is one in a hundred
34%have a public GitHub account on their profile
20 of the 59 people here whose profile was checked for public accounts. An account the check did not find reads the same as no account, so this is a floor rather than a census.
Across the 325 companies on the map that can show this figure, the median is 38%.
Where they are now
80% of the people who have worked at Rivian and list a location live in the San Francisco Bay Area today, against 47% of everyone on the map.
Rivian
Everyone on the map
- 80%SF Bay Area47 · map 47%
- 8%Los Angeles5 · map 6%
- 5%New York3 · map 33%
- 7%Somewhere else4
All 59 people who worked at Rivian 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 they worked at Rivian: a metro here does not mean the company has an office in it. The lower strip is the same metros across the whole map, for comparison.
On the same resumes
Companies that show up most often alongside Rivian, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 59 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at Rivian: 15 are there now and 44 have moved on.
- The most common next employer after Rivian is Applied Intuition (3 people, 7% of recorded departures).
- The most common previous employer before Rivian is Uber (3 people).
- The median tenure at Rivian is 1y 11m (middle half 1y 1m to 4y).
- Of those who moved on from Rivian, fewer than 3 went on to a founder title, 7% joined a company with 200 or fewer people, and 18% joined a company with 10,000 or more.
- The median Eng Scorer caliber of people who have worked at Rivian is 78 on the 0 to 99 scale (59 scored).
- The most common title held at Rivian is Software Engineer, then Senior Software Engineer.
- Of the 59 people here with a school on file, 8 list UC Berkeley (13.6%), then UC Davis (5). A person can list more than one school, so these overlap rather than add up.
- 80% of the 59 people here who list a location live in SF Bay Area today, against 47% of everyone on the map. That is where they live now, not the office they sat in while they worked here.
- 34% of the 59 people here whose profile was checked for public accounts have a public GitHub account on it.
- Of the 51 people here whose title could be placed on a ladder both before and after, 22 rose, 24 stayed level and 5 fell.
About this data: built from 144,786 jobs across 26,572 engineers in the Zelcast network and Eng Scorer reads, updated August 20, 2026. A move counts when the next role starts within 24 months of leaving; companies with fewer than 20 people on the map are not shown, and destinations with fewer than 3 people are folded into the totals. Caliber is the Eng Scorer score.
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