SUSE is an open-source enterprise software company known for its Linux, Kubernetes and edge solutions. The organisation employs roughly 1,300 people and has expanded headcount through more than 130 recent hires while keeping departures comparatively modest. Growth has centred on technical and customer-facing positions, reflecting continued investment in product innovation and service delivery. The company’s employees are spread across multiple regions, underscoring SUSE’s international customer base and commitment to distributed work.
Engineering is SUSE’s largest function at about 480 employees, representing close to 37 % of total headcount and emphasising the firm’s product-centric approach. Sales and Support form the next biggest group with roughly 26 % of staff, ensuring customers receive technical guidance and account management. Business Management and Marketing & Product together account for around 20 %, providing strategic direction and market outreach. Smaller but essential teams in Finance & Administration, Operations, IT, Human Resources, and Program & Project Management round out the organisation, each making up between 1 % and 4 % of the workforce, and collectively contributing to stable operations and governance.
SUSE maintains a highly distributed model: more than 80 % of employees fall under the "Other" category, indicating a large remote or dispersed population outside formal hubs. The largest named office is in Nuremberg, Germany, with roughly 60 employees, followed by Provo, Utah, and Prague, Czechia, which host 30–40 staff members each. Additional clusters are located in London, San Francisco, Paris, Singapore, São Paulo and Seattle, none exceeding 3 % of overall headcount. This broad geographic spread allows SUSE to recruit talent worldwide and provide regional support to its enterprise customers.