Contrast Security is no stranger to looking local.
The five-year-old application security company’s initial office space in the city was located in Natty Boh Tower, nestled underneath the one-eyed face that’s become the city’s unofficial mascot. While it’s formally headquartered in Silicon Valley, the cofounders and dev team are based in Baltimore, and they’re interested in taking an active local role.
As its dev team expanded, adding 19 new team members in the last year, Contrast VP of Engineering Steve Feldman and the team began looking for larger space. This fall, they landed at Fells Point. The fourth floor space inside Brown’s Wharf offers harbor views and a central location that Feldman said makes it easy to get to work through transit. Some take water taxi, and Feldman estimates about one-third commute via e-scooter.
For the team, it also offered a chance to create a space to their liking. Feldman said the company took a team approach to outfitting the 7,000 sq. ft. space (9,000 sq. ft. if you count deck space). “We didn’t just hand it off to one person,” he said.
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