Manta an IBM Company

Manta's data lineage platform is a product that opens the door to the future. No company in the world provides data lineage at such a high resolution with our level of depth. Imagine you are looking at two satellite maps: One is low-resolution with a high-level view of the neighborhood. The other map is in 4K with zoomed in details-- that's Manta. Not only do you see the houses and streets, but you also see the roof tiles and the chicken wings on your neighbors' grill. This level of detail that we are able to provide is based on our focus. We're not distracted by anything else, so we're focused on the absolute technical quality of the result. We help thousands of engineers around the world to make their job easier. It's "Computer Science" in the purest academic sense. Manta is made by people with a scientific background, people who have acquired a passion for technology at school and found a place where they can put theory into practice.

Our team has grown, and we're excited to continue expanding. We are not alone on this journey as we have been joined by great investors and raised the necessary funds to enable us to grow rapidly and develop our technology further. In our most recent investment round, we managed to raise $35 million in funding. Although Mantas are creatures of the ocean, we plan on making cloud its habitat soon. That's why we are rebuilding our entire infrastructure so that it can be in SaaS mode and therefore more accessible. Anyone at Manta will tell you that now is the best time to be here. There is a lot going on right now and the number of opportunities that are opening up in front of us is huge. Another part that's very attractive to people at Manta is that the biggest technical aces in the metadata industry are here, so if you want to learn and get deep in the data industry, this is the place for you.

We know we're onto something very special and everyone wants to pitch in. Manta is in the crosshairs of those most experienced in developing start-ups and technology ideas. We have a track record of experience, satisfied customers, and investors who trust us. In our most recent investment round, we managed to raise $35 million in funding. The investment allows us to develop the team, we can afford much more in marketing, we can have the tools to help us develop our product in very high quality.

Manta is all about independence. There is no time to micromanage, supervise and control the outcome. Everyone at Manta has a strong sense of ownership. You know what you are working on and what is the outcome that you need to deliver. It is up to you how to plan and organize your workload. Manta is a very inspiring environment, but it's also very challenging. There's almost never a specific assignment, it's more about a goal. It might be a quarter, maybe six months, either way it's up to you to define what will get you there. It's about enjoying your work and being given the space to realize yourself.

Our culture has historically been built on honest work, a willingness to help each other and a willingness to give 100 percent in product development and improvement. Our enthusiasm hasn't waned, even as we've grown. New challenges and new opportunities come along, and we will do our best to take advantage of them.

We are a technology company and today we have the chance to do technology as best as we can. What is unique about Manta and what is felt across the company is that we are not part of some global vendor parked next to other products in the portfolio. We are standalone product and have a specific and clearly defined value proposition for our customers and for us employees. 

We solve technologically demanding challenges. Algorithmic problems that no one has solved before. This scientific passion for complex problems and their solutions brings us together. The complexity also means that a person with basic programming skills won't get caught up in our work. That's the reality. Manta is complex on many levels and the problems we solve every day are very specific and challenging. That's why we need people who have dedicated their lives to technology and programming since high school and are passionate enough to solve the most complex problems we put in front of them. The more challenging, the better. If it were easy, we wouldn't actually enjoy it as much.

At Manta, it has always been about people who understand their work in detail, it has never been different and we hope it will never be different because today we can say that Manta has an engineering approach to the product, which means that the opinions of technical people are always taken into account during development and their opinions are also important for everything else that concerns the customer. Everyone is encouraged to have their say and the resulting decisions are thus backed up by data and relevant opinions.

That's why at Manta you experience more of an introverted environment. That doesn't mean we don't order a pizza, we don't go out for a beer. We love to meet each other, but we also love to shut ourselves away with headphones on and immerse ourselves in problem-solving for hours.

Students have always been and and always will be full-fledged members of our team. Most of them come to us to write their final thesis, which means that they get a piece of code or another project and help us with real development. At Manta, we see education as an important part of everyone's development, so we try to support everyone as much as possible. Studying and working at Manta is not just about a stamp or a project you put in a drawer, but actually using what you learn in school. We encourage students to have time for work, school, and their free time, and we always try our best to accommodate. And then we're happy if people stay with us because Manta makes sense to them. 

It's our second "working" family. The atmosphere in Manta is great, relaxed, and very friendly. It's very much about not feeling left out, but always part of the team, part of the outcome, the discussions and decisions. No question is a dumb question. If anyone asks for help, they always get it. Also thanks to the communication of the whole leadership team, we know what is happening in Manta and where we are heading every month, step by step.

They say that to be happy in your job, you need four pillars. One is a good financial evaluation, the second is colleagues you get along with, the third is strong leaders who run the company and the fourth pillar is a meaningful product and a vision of where that product is going. All of that is in balance at Manta and the people are here because Manta makes sense to them as a whole, as their second family, the work-family.  

One of the things that work great in Manta is communication. Whether it's between the different teams or between Tomáš Krátký our CEO and us. Tomáš sends a monthly email where we find a summary of what's new at Manta, what the results are, and also what went wrong. We have internal podcasts so we can get to know each other more and get practical info on who is responsible for what and how they are currently doing, this was a very effective onboarding tool, especially in the Covid-19 era. We're all just a Slack away - that is, we have the information at the fingertips of one message on Slack. That's the mantra we try to follow and spread to all new colleagues. If you're worried about something or want to discuss something there's nothing easier than sending a message or coming in person to chat with anyone. We take every suggestion, feedback, praise, and complaint seriously and we are truly about making it a good time for people to work here, actually not good, but great. 

Manta brings real impact to its customers. It's not just something "pretty", but a functional product that helps our customers make data-driven decisions. Decisions that often cost a lot of money. We see how they use our product, how they can develop their IT infrastructure and their business more precisely and be more successful because of it.

Behind each impactful product, there is a team of impacful individuals. At Manta we're still just big enough for everyone to work on something that really makes sense, that's realistically applicable and that contributes to the overall puzzle that we're creating together. There are not 10 levels of approval, but a straightforward path to a result that we all contribute to at Manta. When we look back at what we've already accomplished, we're confident that the way Manta is set up now, it's capable of handling the next level.

You can find us in Prague 7, right next to the metro station Nádraží Holešovice. In the offices you will find a quiet place to work, but we also have a large communal meeting area and an amazing terrace overlooking the Vltava River. You can enjoy fruit and snacks, regular breakfasts. And there is always someone to have lunch or a beer with after work.