better.com

Full-time headcount: 4,000 | Headquarters: New York City | Year founded: 2016 | Most common skills: Customer Experience, Loans, Data Analysis | Largest job functions: Finance, Support, Operations | What you should know: While the U.S. economy quickly sank into a recession at the start of the pandemic, one of its engines has been roaring: housing. Digital mortgage lender Better.com has been inundated with refinancing applications and new loan demand as a result of falling interest rates (thanks to the Federal Reserve) and a growing desire for space (thanks to work-from-home policies). To keep up, the four-year-old company is hiring at a staggering rate, onboarding more than 1,500 employees since March and planning to bring on 7,000 more in the next 12 months.