Our Culture

We think trust is the most powerful currency we have – both outside the Tala walls and within.
We are engineers, data scientists, customer experience designers, marketers, people operations professionals and finance geeks all passionate about extending financial freedom to the billions of underserved people across the globe. 
We believe in people from every type of background — around the world, and within our company. We call this #RadicalTrust.

Our Founding Principles

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PUT POWER IN PEOPLE’S HANDS

Learn from everyone. Lead by serving. Enable the growth of others and empower them to shine. Set destinations, not paths. Give credit where it’s due.

PROVE POTENTIAL BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY

Cultivate curiosity. Ask questions relentlessly and thoughtfully experiment. Look for new and better evidence. Make rigorous, data-driven decisions that optimize for our people's’ needs.

TAKE THE FIRST RISK

Stand up for what you believe in. Challenge the status quo. Embrace what you don’t know and ask for help. Act on what you learn as a team.

BELIEVE IN PEOPLE

Understand and dismantle bias. Uphold your commitments; have confidence in others’ ability to uphold theirs. Give and seek feedback that is direct, honest, and actionable. Help each other grow.

LISTEN & LEARN

Start with an open mind. Engage with other points of view. Find out why. Share what you learn. Turn learnings into action.

CHALLENGE OUR LIMITS

Be honest. Embrace mistakes as opportunities for learning. Change what isn’t working. Adapt with positivity. Power through adversity. Celebrate progress, big and small. We’re all in this together.

Diversity, Equity and the Tala Mission

We serve a global customer base with complex and unique needs, and fulfilling our mission requires a diverse team of equals working together across borders and boundaries. It is our firmly held belief that our company culture should reflect the kind of world we want to build: one where all people are seen, understood, and trusted and have an equal opportunity to fulfill their potential.

Tala's founder and CEO, Shivani Siroya, presents our vision and mission at TED2016.

#TeamTala Perks

Perks
Getting Close to Our Customers
Getting Close to Our Customers

We offer Santa Monica-based team members opportunities to travel to our markets and get to know our customers.

Professional Development
Professional Development

Every Tuesday at lunch, a resident expert teaches a master class on everything from SQL queries to growth hacking, while digging into delicious eats from nearby hotspots. We also sponsor employee visits to professional conferences.

Adventure
Adventure

We take fun seriously: food adventures throughout downtown, ping pong, intramural leagues, go-karting, workout classes, and weekend outings into the great outdoors.

Happier Hours
Happier Hours

Every week, we celebrate Wine Down Wednesday, enjoying food, drinks, games and each others’ company. Every month, we invite our community to join in on the fun.

Health Benefits
Health Benefits

We offer full coverage health, dental and vision insurance for our team and their families.

Retirement
Retirement

We offer traditional and Roth 401(k) plans, so employees can start saving for their futures from day one.

Open Positions

Are you curious, adaptable, and motivated? Are you looking for an opportunity with science and soul? Check out our open positions to find where you could thrive. Don’t see an exact match? Reach out to us directly - we’d love to chat.

     
    Tala is proud to announce our Series C raise, which will deepen our work in Kenya, Tanzania and the Philippines and fuel our expansion in Mexico and India. We’re excited to have partners and financing that allow us to expand our vision of financial access, choice and control to billions of financially underserved individuals around the world, and see more stories like Peris & Betsy’s become a reality. See our link in bio for more! 🚀Share this vision? Come build with us— got to Tala.co/careers to find your role!
    Happy #InternationalWomensDay! Today we celebrate all of our women customers and team members around the world. Thank you for making the #TalaFamily brighter, better and stronger! #RadicalTrust #MeetTala
    We’re excited to kick off #WomensHistoryMonth by highlighting the women powering Tala and making history! Starting this series is Joanna Mazgaj, an engineering manager based in our Santa Monica headquarters. Go to medium.com/@tala to read about her work at Tala and thoughts on the journey ahead. #MeetTala#WomenInSTEM
    Sending love from #TeamTala to our incredible friends, colleagues and customers this Valentine’s Day! Thanking our Nairobi-based colleagues for this visual delight.
    Tala is proud to announce that we’ve surpassed 1 million customers worldwide! We’re humbled by the individuals who trust us to be their financial partner, and unabashedly proud of our hardworking global team that builds products and customer experiences with inspiring dedication. Here’s to expanding financial access, choice and control to 1 million and counting. Onward! #TalaFamily #RadicalTrust 🚀
    We’re thrilled to announce the addition of Kevin Novak, formerly head of data science at Uber, to our executive team! 
As our first Chief Data Officer, Kevin will help Tala expand into new regions while also deepening the product experience in our existing markets. “Tala is working with one of the most exciting data sets imaginable, and with the goal of building financial services that include more of the world’s people,” said Kevin. “I’m blown away by the team’s passion and commitment and by the great work already underway.” Read a Q&A with Kevin at link in bio. #MeetTala
    Pride for Tala’s mission shows up everywhere in our workplace; from framed pictures of customers on our walls, to the empathy in every line of code. Tala’s Head of Engineering, Eric Lee, shares more about Tala's culture in an interview with a talented computer science student. Article on our Twitter page at Twitter.com/talamobile Want to build with us? Apply to join our team at tala.co/careers/ #meettala
    “Our customer needs are very diverse and unique in every market. To be able to effectively service them, it is imperative to have diversity of thought and life experiences on our team.” - Sofi H., Tala’s head of People Operations, took the stage at Techweek LA’s Growth Summit and discussed how we optimize our operations for impact.
    We’re excited for Empire #FinTech tomorrow in San Francisco! @shivsiroya will speak on how Tala leverages big data to build trust and provide financial services to our global customers.
    Tala's proud to be a contender for the Digital Inclusion award for Best Mobi Loans Platform in Kenya! This comes from having incredible customers who constantly inspire us to work hard in developing our product, just as they work hard to grow their businesses and manage family finances with confidence! Onward!
    At #Money2020? Spend your Tuesday morning with @shivsiroya & other leaders for a discussion on the future of finance! http://ow.ly/3Ddr30g57f0
     

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