About Constructor
What is Constructor?
Constructor sells product search and discovery software to ecommerce retailers. Its careers page says "Constructor is building the next generation of search solutions. We are passionate about helping ecommerce and media site owners give their customers a better way to find products more quickly, more easily, and more intuitively." The products named on its site include search and autosuggest, browse, recommendations, collections, quizzes and retail media, plus an AI Shopping Agent, a Product Insights Agent and a Merchant Intelligence Agent. Its adverts name customers such as "Sephora, Petco, home24, Maxeda Brands, Birkenstock and The Very Group". The about page says "Constructor was founded in 2015 by Eli Finkelshteyn and Dan McCormick to ease the pain of implementing compelling search experiences." and lists Eli Finkelshteyn as Chief Executive Officer. On 15 September 2021 the company announced a $55M Series A led by Silversmith Capital Partners, and on 17 June 2024 its CEO wrote that Constructor had "closed a Series B fundraising round"; the post does not give the Series B amount. The terms of service give a Designated Copyright Agent address at 600 California St in San Francisco, and the company's press releases are datelined San Francisco. No page says the company is headquartered anywhere; its adverts say only "Constructor is a U.S. based company". The about page says "Our team works remotely all over the world. 40 Countries 400+ Team Members" and carries no date for that figure.
Where will I work?
Constructor is remote-first. The careers page says "Constructor is a 100% remote-first company. You can live and work from wherever you want!" and the about page says "Our team works remotely all over the world." The adverts are narrower than that. On 12 November 2026 the Ashby board listed 40 adverts: 38 are tagged Remote and two, both located "Remote - United States", carry no arrangement tag; none is tagged on-site or hybrid. By location label, 14 say plain Remote (4 of them list the regions they cover as secondary locations), 10 say "Remote - EMEA", 5 "Remote - AMER", 3 "Remote - Brazil", 3 "Remote - Sydney, Australia", 2 "Remote - United States", and one each "Remote - UK", "Remote - Germany" and "Remote - Texas, US". Some adverts add their own requirements or preferences: the LATAM Account Director advert says "Can reside in the US, Central America or South America", the Backend Engineer: Experiments advert says "Preferred time zones are UTC+1 to UTC+7, but we’re flexible", and the Backend Engineer: Retail Media advert asks for someone who can "overlap with 11:00–16:00 UTC". No advert mentions travel or relocation, none names a company office (the only office wording is “home office” in the stipend line), and no page describes an office; the only street address for the company itself is the San Francisco one in the terms.
What is the Constructor team like?
The careers page lists three values: "We get to the right answer empathetically.", "We’re passionate in owning our work and making it have an impact." and "We enjoy what we do." Under the second it adds "We ask for help, follow-up, hustle until it’s in front of users." The page also claims "94% Team Member Retention Rate", with no date or method, and quotes an employee: "Although we are a remote first company, they make sure to be inclusive of everyone and make sure people aren’t left out." Four sales adverts carry the team paragraph "We're a passionate team that loves challenges and wants to make people’s lives better. We value openness, curiosity, and continuous improvement."; 18 other adverts say "a passionate team who love solving problems", 4 others "a passionate team of technologists who love solving problems", and 14 have none of these By Ashby department the 40 adverts split into Engineering 19, Sales 10, Customer Success 4, Marketing 4 and Product 3. The engineering adverts cover backend, machine learning, data, platform and integration roles, and the sales adverts cover account executives, account managers, development representatives and sales engineers across the Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific.
Work-Life Balance
The careers page says "We provide unlimited vacation time, unlimited sick time, and a minimum of 10 paid holidays every year. Also, take 3 mandatory weeks off per year!" Thirty-seven of the 40 adverts repeat the vacation line in their benefits list, as "Unlimited vacation time" followed by "we strongly encourage all of our employees take at least 3 weeks per year" (the dash and a few words vary between adverts). The two wordings differ: the careers page calls the three weeks mandatory, while the adverts say strongly encouraged, and no page says how either is applied or tracked. The three adverts without the line, Senior Customer Success Manager - DACH, Team Lead Customer Success - Southern Europe and Sales Engineer (EMEA), say nothing about vacation. All 4 adverts that name the United States as a location (3 as the main location, 1 as a secondary one) carry it. No page states weekly hours, core hours or flexible start and finish times; some adverts ask for time-zone overlap instead, as described above. The wording on pace is startup language: four data adverts ask for people comfortable "in a fast-paced environment", three sales adverts ask for experience "building consensus and urgency in customers", and three backend adverts include on-call duty, one of them as "a weekly on-call rotation (investigating occasional issues and answering internal questions)". The LATAM Account Director advert says "We work hard and have a ton of fun" and "We work tirelessly", and the Staff Product Manager advert asks for someone to "Own quality under pressure." No advert mentions weekend work, long hours or shifts.
Perks and Benefits
- Unlimited vacation time, unlimited sick time and a minimum of 10 paid holidays every year; the careers page also describes 3 weeks off a year as mandatory
- Constructor pays 99% of United States team members' medical, dental and vision premiums (careers page)
- Stock options for every team member (careers page; 33 of the 40 adverts also list them)
- Work-from-home setup: a yearly Remote Work Stipend, a one-time $500 new-hire setup stipend and a company-issued Apple laptop (careers page)
- A yearly $500 learning and development stipend (careers page)
- Paid parental leave for any qualified team member; no length is stated (careers page)
- Regular team offsites, listed in 20 of the 40 adverts
- A base salary range in the text of 21 of the 40 adverts, for example $80k to $120k USD for several engineering and data roles