Careers at New Relic

Mission

New Relic is a software analytics company that delivers a software-as-a-service product which monitors web and mobile applications. Its software enables companies to collect, store and analyse software data in real time.

History

New Relic was founded in 2008 by software engineer Lew Cirne (“Cirne”). Having previously founded and sold a successful analytics company, Cirne began looking at more cost-effective ways of scaling businesses without the need for hiring expensive external analytics providers, identifying the software-as-a-service model as the most efficient for this type of venture. Cirne developed this idea and founded the business under the name New Relic, an anagram of his own name.

New Relic began attracting venture capital in 2008, raising more than $204 million by mid-2014. The Company’s investors include big names such as BlackRock, Insight Venture Partners and DAG Ventures. New Relic listed shares on the New York Stock Exchange in 2014, raising a further $115 million in its initial public offering. Following its public listing New Relic was valued at just under $1 billion.

Within eight months of its launch the Company reportedly accounted for around 85% of app performance management using the Ruby on Rails application framework, causing Cirne to expand New Relic’s offerings to cover apps running on Java. The Company now covers a full range of application frameworks.

Benefits at New Relic

Health insurance Dental insurance Vision insurance Life insurance Disability insurance Mental health care Equity incentive plan 401k Plan Employee stock purchase plan Stock options Maternity & Paternity leave Family medical leave Vacation & Paid time off Paid holidays Volunteer Time Off Bereavement leave Employee discount Employee assistance program Company mobile phone Company social events Free lunch or snacks

Business model of New Relic

Customer Segments

New Relic provides its analytics products and services to business clients, primarily comprising software and application developers, online retailers, websites and technology companies. On its website the Company names a number of customers, including websites The Chive, Crackle, Answers and Kickstarter, online businesses Airbnb and Bloom That, software developers Electronic Arts and Zendesk, and applications Strava, Runkeeper and Groupon as customers.

Value Propositions

New Relic is an attractive option for websites and app developers as it provides real-time detailed analytics in an accessible and easy-to-use format.

The Company’s products, which are reasonably priced in comparison to its competitors and are all available for free trial periods, cover a range of services and can be accessed either via the cloud or through software installed on-site.

The cloud delivery of the software enables users to begin monitoring and storing data quickly and autonomously without the need for technical assistance. If, however, assistance is required, the Company provides ongoing customer support.

Channels

New Relic’s products can be acquired via its website at www.newrelic.com, and later accessed through its cloud-based platform, through software installed directly on-site, or through a hybrid model comprising local software and cloud-services.

Software demonstrations and support services are provided through direct interaction with members of the Company’s sales and marketing team.

Customer Relationships

New Relic’s products are primarily self-service. It is possible to register for, pay for and download products from the Company’s website with no direct interaction with New Relic representatives needed. Software demonstrations are also available on request.

New Relic provides its customers with a range of resources via its website, including tutorials, white papers, case studies, ebooks, video and webinars.

It also hosts a community forum where users can interact with one another and collaborate on problems, as well as contact the Company directly. Other support services are available via New Relic’s sales and marketing team.

Key Activities

New Relic is a provider of enterprise software that enables users to compile and analyse complex sets of data from applications and websites.

New Relic offers a range of cloud-based analytics products and services. Its core products include New Relic APM, for application performance management; New Relic Mobile, for mobile application performance management; New Relic Browser, for performance monitoring; and New Relic Synthetics, for software testing.

The Company also provides server monitoring, big data analytics and plugin functionality services to business customers, and manages a network of integration, sales and marketing partners.

Key Partners

Under its Partner Program New Relic collaborates with numerous companies from a variety of sectors, including software companies, software vendors, application developers, digital agencies, cloud service providers and government bodies.

The Company divides its partners into three categories: Service, Integrate and Sell. The first, and largest, of these relates to system integrators that help to optimise the performance and experience of using the New Relic platform for customers, digital agencies that use the platform to manage digital initiatives and projects, and federal bodies that use the platform to collect data on public sector migration. The second concerns companies that develop integration capabilities with other services and tools, while the third comprises software vendors and resellers that help to market and sell New Relic products. The Company’s recent partners include Major League Baseball, cloud services provider CloudSigma and e-commerce software company Magento.

Key Resources

New Relic’s most obvious key resources are its analytics software products. While the Company provides a range of proprietary products, it does not have any patent applications registered in its name with the US Patent and Trademark Office.

In addition to its software offerings, New Relic’s key resources are its IT infrastructure and its personnel. The Company’s software development and engineering team and after-sale support team play particularly important roles in New Relic’s operation.

Cost Structure

New Relic incurs costs through the development and maintenance of its software products, the retention of its personnel and the maintenance of its IT infrastructure, including payment of server rental and data centre operations.

The Company also operates offices in San Francisco, Portland, Dublin and Barcelona, all of which individually accrue fixed costs relating to utilities and the rental of office space.

Revenue Streams

New Relic generates revenue through the sale of various products in the form of software-as-a-service. All of its products are priced on a pay-monthly basis.

The Company’s application performance monitoring service comes in a basic Essentials package and a more advanced Pro package, costing $0.10 per hour and $0.20 per hour respectively. This is paid on a monthly basis at the rate of $75 or $149 per month.

New Relic’s mobile, browser and synthetics monitoring services are also priced on a monthly basis but are not divided into basic and advanced offerings. The Company’s mobile analytics service is priced at $999 per month, per app, its browser analytics service is priced at $149 per month, and its synthetic analytics service is priced at $69 per month.

New Relic’s revenue model appears to be successful. In 2015 the Company recorded an annual revenue of $110.4 million in its annual report and was named by Deloitte as one of the fastest-growing technology companies in the US.

Our team

Lew Cirne,
Founder and Chief Executive Officer

info: Lew has served as New Relic’s Chief Executive Officer since founding the Company in 2008. Before founding New Relic, Cirne founded and successfully sold another technology company, applications management solutions provider Wily Technology (“Wily”). He founded Wily in 1998 and held the role of Chief Executive Officer until 2001, when he stepped down to allow an experienced Chief Executive to take the reigns. Cirne assumed the role of Chief Technology Officer. Wily was acquired in 2006 by software company CA Technologies. Cirne stayed on in his role within Wily but left the company in 2007 to pursue other interests. He served briefly as Entrepreneur in Residence at Benchmark Capital before founding New Relic. Cirne is a software engineer by training, beginning his career in this capacity in 1992 at Apple Computers.

Hilarie Koplow-McAdams,
President

info: Hilarie has served as New Relic’s President since 2015, having joined the Company two years prior as its Chief Revenue Officer, a position she continues to hold. Until recently, she also sat on the board of data integration company Informatica. Koplow-McAdams has held senior executive positions, particularly those concerning sales, for a number of years, beginning in 1988 when she was appointed Senior Vice President of Oracle Direct, a sales arm of computer technology giant Oracle. She held this role until 2006 when she joined software company Intuit as Vice President of Sales. From 2008 until 2013 Koplow-McAdams was employed by cloud computing and customer relations company Salesforce, holding a number of roles, including Executive Vice President of Sales, President of the Commercial and SMB Business Unit and ultimately President of Global Sales.

Jim Gochee,
Chief Product Officer

info: Jim has been employed by New Relic since 2008, when he joined the Company as its Vice President of Engineering. He has served as Chief Product Officer since 2015, having previously served as the Company’s Senior Vice President of Products. According to his corporate networking profile, he also serves as New Relic’s Chief Technology Officer. Prior to joining New Relic, Gochee held several positions at Wily, and latterly CA Technologies. He joined Wily in 2003 as Principal Engineer and held architect and senior architect roles at the company following its acquisition by CA Technologies in 2006. Gochee is a software engineer by trade, beginning his career, alongside Cirne, as an engineer at Apple Computers in 1992. After spending a year as an independent performance tuning consultant, Gochee joined Connectix as a software engineer in 1996, later gaining promotion to Lead Software Engineer. Between 1999 and 2001, Gochee held dual Chief Technology Officer roles at FoodUSA.com and EDAPlanet, a company he founded himself.

Mark Sachleben,
Chief Financial Officer

info: Mark has served as New Relic’s Chief Financial Officer since 2008. He has also served previously as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer. Sachleben is a former executive of Wily, where he held the position of Vice President of Finance and Operations. Before joining Wily, Sachleben held positions at Goldman Sachs and staffing solutions company Group Robinson.