Does Lightmatter pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Lightmatter employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Lightmatter. This rating has improved by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Lightmatter?

79% of Lightmatter employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Lightmatter 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 3.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Lightmatter?

Software Engineer (3) , Engineer (2)

What are the pros of working at Lightmatter according to real employee reviews?

"Great people, Great working culture, Great project!" ((in 4 reviews)); "good culture" ((in 3 reviews)); "helpful team" ((in 2 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Lightmatter according to real employee reviews?

"Software leadership is incompetent and toxic, kissing up and kicking down." ((in 4 reviews))

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Lightmatter reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(28 total reviews)

Nick Harris

79% approve of CEO

78% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Work/Life balance

4.0

Culture & values

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Career opportunities

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Senior management

Lightmatter has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 28 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Lightmatter employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

28 reviews

5.0

Nov 22, 2025

Exciting and Cool

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Start up with smart people, very experienced management, lots of growth opportunity in a bleeding edge technology.

Cons

Technology is new and company needs to build up the ecosystem together with partners.

4.0

Oct 21, 2025

Great Startup Company

Verification engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good salary, challenging job, great peers and capable people

Cons

No bonus but they try to compensate with base salary. Priorities not always well defined

4.0

Sep 10, 2025

Good place to work

Senior staff engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nice perks and Good compensation

Cons

Too much micromanagement at the company

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Jobs at Lightmatter

Senior Account Manager

Senior IT Support Engineer

Director, NPI Operations

Photonics Hardware Validation Engineer

Staff Embedded Software Engineer