With the scent of the waves nearby and the screams of seagulls flying overhead, I opened the doors to Logz.io’s new Fort Point office.
Located at 253 Summer St., Logz.io’s 14,420 sq. ft. office is right on the edge of the Fort Point Channel, giving it the convenience of close proximity to the hub of Downtown Boston but the oceanside views of the Seaport District. And the office is brand-new. In fact, Logz.io only moved into it a couple of weeks ago. Its old office, just across the street, simply wasn’t enough for the rapidly growing company.
“We've more than doubled the number of employees in the last year, and we're going to continue to add more going forward to keep the pace, the growth of our business,” said Keith Alsheimer, Logz.io’s chief marketing officer. “So we needed more space, and we just wanted to have an environment that was more like our corporate culture.”
Logz.io is a platform that uses open-source tech to help engineers monitor applications. It takes in files, or logs, that indicate how all the software and hardware for a particular company is performing. Engineers can visualize, via Logz.io dashboards, their performance, as well as any problems that need to be addressed. The complexity of modern infrastructure has given rise to small programs and microservices, all of which need to be monitored—Logz.io’s goal is to put it all in one place.
Logz.io’s office, designed with employee collaboration in mind, has a very open floor plan. Employees are encouraged to make and take calls out in the open, rather than in separate call rooms.
“I think what's unique about our office is just the atmosphere,” said Alsheimer. “It's a very collaborative place. It’s a place where everyone takes part in creating the culture, and everyone’s involved in the culture.”
In addition to being designed for, well, work, Logz.io's space also has a playful, welcoming vibe. There’s a game room for employees, decorated with superheroes. Various toys and knickknacks line the shelves of the lounge area. Dogs are welcome in the office; a little bed is set up in the corner for whichever pooch happens to be gracing the office that day.
The new Boston office was designed to mirror the design of Logz.io's Tel Aviv office, down to its location by the water. The team even hired the same designer, Kafir Shaked, to come all the way from Israel.
“We tried to make the offices look similar in things like the way the graphics are, the way the little decals are in the windows, the lighting, looking over the water,” said Alsheimer. “In Tel Aviv, it also overlooks the ocean, there so there are a lot of similarities.”
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