Company background

Particular Software's goal is simply to make organizations better at building complex business systems. We design, sell, and support software used by systems architects, developers and operations teams worldwide.

Particular Software's clients span all industries and range from the smallest startups to Global 2000 companies. The company was founded in 2010, under the name NServiceBus, which remains the backbone product of the company. The company began operating under the name Particular Software in 2013 to reflect the expansion of its product line into a broader platform.

The company has grown quickly and strategically, in both revenue and staff. Currently, we have more than 50 staff members worldwide. One of our most distinctive features is that, just like our software, we’re fully distributed. This means that there is no central office. We all work from home (and coffee shops and essentially everywhere we can find a reliable wifi signal). We are spread across 15 countries, covering multiple timezones, conducting our work when it's most suitable for us.

Our organizational philosophy leads to an organizational structure with a dynamic hierarchy, meaning that different organizational roles oversee different groups, activities, and processes within the organization. There are no managers or any traditional hierarchy at Particular Software. That doesn't mean the organization has no hierarchy at all; the hierarchy is more contextual than individual-oriented, as in traditional organizations. Different staff perform the functions in a typical hierarchy at different times as part of the activities performed by squads, task forces, and groups, as well as through peer-to-peer feedback. Some organizational roles rotate regularly (such as squads), whereas others remain stable (such as the sales group)

This unusual, dispersed organization has its challenges, but many more rewards, including hiring the best people in the world, and creating a very productive culture. (Or, did the productive culture allow us to create an unusual organization??)