Upbound

Founded in 2017, we provide intelligent control planes for infrastructure and platform teams, built on Kubernetes and Crossplane. We help platform engineers create environments using Crossplane control planes. We are the creators and maintainers of Crossplane, an open-source framework for building cloud-native control planes. Our platform is used by over 1,000 teams and enterprises worldwide. The Crossplane project has more than 100 million downloads, 100,000 contributions, and 10,000 GitHub stars, with a community of over 13,000 Slack members. As a Series B company, we’ve raised $69 million from investors including GV, Altimeter Capital, and Intel Capital. We operate in the Software Development industry and have 51-200 employees. Our products include Upbound Cloud, a managed control plane platform, and Upbound Spaces, software for managing multi-tenant control planes.

Our mission is to help organizations build infrastructure platforms quickly and securely, leveraging AI. We aim to provide an intelligent control plane that turns infrastructure into a competitive advantage, allowing teams to deploy, manage, and optimize effectively. Our seven core values are: Be Accountable, Collaborate Decisively, Demonstrate Craftsmanship, Care For Our Communities, Champion The Customer, Act as an owner, and Engage Vulnerability.

Upbound has a globally distributed team of 51-200 employees and prioritizes a remote-friendly work environment. Its culture, “One Team – Humans in Charge, AI on the Job,” focuses on problem solvers, builders, and innovators who support open source and drive technological advancements. The company values collaboration, relationship building, and data-driven reporting, aiming to create a healthy environment for its team members, who are known as “UpBounders.” Key leadership includes Founder and CEO: Bassam Tabbara, Chief Revenue Officer: Sarah Strobhar, Vice President of Engineering: Sumbry, and Vice President of People: Leslie Chung.

We provide stock option equity grants to ensure our employees have ownership in the company. For our US-based team members, we offer healthcare benefits including HSA, FSA, PPO, and HMO plan options, covering 100% of the employee’s premium. We also offer a 401(k) plan to our US-based teammates. We support flexible paid vacation and observe over 10 bank holidays per country. As a globally distributed team, we have a “Work From Anywhere” policy and provide a home office stipend to help set up a comfortable workspace.