After Zymergen
- 100%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave Zymergen most often go to Ginkgo Bioworks. The median tenure is 2y 10m
Not Zymergen's headcount: these are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer. 22 people on a map of 67,181, No. 1,198 on it by people. Updated September 30, 2026.
- People on the map
- 22Under 0.1% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 00% of the people here
- Moved on
- 22100% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 2y 10mmiddle half 7m to 3y 10m
Came from, went to
Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move. Most leave for Ginkgo Bioworks (17% of recorded departures).
21 recorded arrivals from 20 companies, none more than 2 from any one of them
Ginkgo Bioworks417%0 of 21 recorded arrivals shown, 21 more from 20 other companies4 of 23 recorded departures shown, 19 more to 18 other companies
How long people stay
29%<1y
14%1-2y
33%2-4y
24%4-7y
0%7y+
21 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
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0<315
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6<318
4<319
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joined left2026 is a partial year
2014 to 2026: 24 joined, 24 left.
Caliber
Not enough scored profiles here yet (14).
Titles held here
- Software Engineer4
- Senior Software Engineer3
2 most common titles, by people who held them.
First job on the record for 9% of people here.
Whether a title rose here
The level of the first title recorded here, against the last.
65%Titles that rose13 of 20 classified people
- 65%Rose13 people
- 35%Stayed level or fell7 people
20 of the 22 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. A direction holding fewer than 3 people is printed with the one next to it, because that few is a person rather than a pattern.
Where they studied
- UC Berkeley22.7%
The one school among the 22 people here with a school on file.
5 of the 22 people here with a school on file list UC Berkeley.
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
77% of the people who have worked at Zymergen and list a location live in the San Francisco Bay Area today, against 41% of everyone on the map.
Zymergen
Everyone on the map
- 77%SF Bay Area17 · map 41%
- 14%Los Angeles3 · map 5%
All 22 people who worked at Zymergen 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 Zymergen: 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 Zymergen, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 22 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at Zymergen: 0 are there now, 22 have moved on.
- Most leave for Ginkgo Bioworks: 4 people, 17% of recorded departures.
- Median tenure at Zymergen: 2y 10m, middle half 7m to 3y 10m.
- Of the people with a recorded next move after Zymergen, 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 Senior Software Engineer.
- Top school: UC Berkeley, listed by 5 of the 22 people here with one on file (22.7%).
- 77% of the 22 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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