About Spade
What is Spade?
Spade sells transaction-data enrichment, and a data and AI platform built on it, to banks and fintechs. Its home page says "Spade takes messy transaction data and turns it into structured, verified records" and claims it is "Enriching billions of transactions for category-defining fintechs & Fortune 500 banks every month". A post on Spade's own site dated 24 March 2026 says "When we started Spade in late 2021" and describes the method as taking transactions and "match them in real time to a verified merchant database". The same post, bylined by Oban MacTavish (Co-Founder & CEO) and Tess Bloch, announces that Spade has "raised a $40M Series B led by Oak HC/FT"; the adverts call it a Series B company. AlleyWatch's April 2026 interview with the CEO puts total funding at "$56.1M" and says Spade generally bills customers on the volume of transactions enriched, with a platform fee for automated workflows. The adverts name "FIS, Bilt, Mercury, Stripe" as customers, and the customers page carries stories on FIS, Bilt and PayPal.
Where will I work?
Spade has a New York headquarters and describes itself as a hybrid team. The careers page says "A hybrid team with a dog-friendly HQ in NYC. Collaborate in person when it matters, work remotely when you prefer." The site's terms of use give Spade Data, Inc. an address at 125 West 25th Street 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10001, while its privacy policy gives Spade Data Inc. a different one, 169 Madison Ave, Ste 11067, New York, NY 10016, and neither page calls its address the headquarters; and one advert calls the office "our Flatiron HQ". On 13 November 2026 the Ashby board listed 12 adverts: Ashby tags 10 of them Hybrid, all located in New York, NY, and 2 Remote, both labelled "Remote (US/Canada)" (the Backend Engineer and the Data Scientist); none is tagged on-site. Seven of the New York adverts say "Based in NYC with ability to work out of our Flatiron office at least 2 days/week" (two use "the ability to work from"). Two sales adverts, Account Executive - Enterprise Banks and Account Executive - Fintech, say "Located in NYC (preferred) or on the east coast" and give no office days, and the SDR/BDR advert states no location requirement. The two remote adverts are limited to the United States or Canada: the Data Scientist advert says "Are able to work remotely within the US or Canada.", and both offer a New York hybrid option at 2 days a week. No advert mentions travel or relocation.
What is the Spade team like?
The careers page describes the culture in these words: "We move fast, stay curious, and take pride in building tools that define the future of finance." It lists six values: lead with empathy, strive for quality, be relentless, own the outcome, bring joy to the journey and be intentionally inclusive. The adverts describe "a lean and execution-oriented hybrid team" and a "small but well-funded team". All 12 adverts tell the candidate "As an early employee" they will help define the culture, and several roles are first hires in their function: the Product Marketing Manager advert is for the "first Product Marketing Manager" and "our second marketing hire", the SDR/BDR advert is for the "first Enterprise Sales Development Representative", and the Product Manager - Enrichment advert is for the "first Product Manager dedicated to our enrichment product". By Ashby department the 12 adverts split into Commercial 6 (account executives, an account manager, product marketing and the SDR/BDR), Engineering 2, Data 2 and Product 2. The careers page carries short quotes from staff in data and AI, forward-deployed engineering, go-to-market and the chief revenue officer role.
Work-Life Balance
The careers page says "Unlimited PTO built on trust. Take the time you need to rest, reset, and show up at your best." All 12 adverts, in all four departments and at both locations, repeat it as "Unlimited PTO. Take the time you need to unplug and unwind." Neither the careers page nor any advert gives a day count, a minimum number of days, an approval step, blackout periods or a rule for sick leave, so the policy is stated but its practice is not described. The adverts state paid parental leave of 12 weeks. No page states weekly hours or core hours, and the office rule for New York roles is the 2 days a week quoted above. The pace wording is that of a growing company: the careers page says "We move fast" and its value "Be relentless" says "Grit, urgency, and optimism power the push through hard problems". Three engineering and data adverts ask for experience in a "fast-paced environment", the Product Manager - Enrichment advert wants "high ownership in a fast-moving environment", and the Product Marketing Manager advert says "We move fast". Quota appears in 3 adverts (the Account Manager, the Mid-Market Account Executive and the SDR/BDR, which says it is "measured on outcomes rather than daily activity quotas"). No advert mentions on-call duty, weekends, evenings or shifts.
Perks and Benefits
- Unlimited PTO, described on the careers page as "built on trust" (no day count stated)
- Full medical, dental, vision and short-term disability insurance coverage (careers page); the adverts add a 100% paid premium option and a One Medical membership for US-based employees
- A 401(k) retirement plan
- Equity: the careers page offers "meaningful equity", with an early exercise program and an extended post-termination window
- Paid parental leave, 12 weeks (adverts)
- A $750 work-from-home setup stipend and a $125 monthly lunch stipend (careers page); the adverts also list company-paid lunches and a Citibike membership
- A dog-friendly New York headquarters with a hybrid schedule