Is Cognex a good company to work for as a Software Developer?

Software Developer professionals working at Cognex have rated their employer with 3.4 out of 5 stars in 36 Glassdoor reviews. This is an average score with the overall rating of Cognex employees being 3.4 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Developer Jobs at Cognex now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Developer interview questions at Cognex .

Does Cognex pay Software Developer employees well?

Software Developer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Cognex with 2.5 out of 5 stars based on 36 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 27.6% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Developer salaries at Cognex.

How happy are Software Developer professionals working at Cognex?

40% of Software Developer employees at Cognex would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 16% in the past 12 months. Software Developer professionals have also rated Cognex with a 3.6 rating for work-life-balance, 3.3 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.3 rating for culture and values and 3.4 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Cognex?

Sales Engineer (39) , Software Engineer (36) , Territory Sales Engineer (17) , Account Sales Engineer (16) , Senior Software Engineer (15) , Engineer (10) , Manager (9) , Intern (8) , Associate Software Engineer (7) , Sales Manager (7) , Applications Engineer (6) , Sales (6) , Product Marketing Manager (5) , Software Engineer(Internship) (5) , Anonymous (4)

What are the pros of working at Cognex according to real employee reviews?

"fun company and great culture" ((in 90 reviews)); "Flexibility, great colleagues, company car" ((in 20 reviews)); "great company culture" ((in 17 reviews)); "Pay is good and the company is extremely stable internally." ((in 13 reviews)); "Good welfare and benefits for the employees." ((in 13 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Cognex according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management from headquater." ((in 30 reviews)); "Work life balance is terrible." ((in 14 reviews)); "low salaries compared to job market" ((in 14 reviews)); "Disconnected Upper Management, Can be Political" ((in 5 reviews)); "No job security" ((in 5 reviews))

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3.4

40% would recommend to a friend

(36 total reviews)

Matt Moschner

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6% positive business outlook

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3.6

Work/Life balance

3.4

Career opportunities

3.3

Culture & values

3.3

Diversity & inclusion

2.5

Senior management

2.5

Compensation and benefits

Software Developer employees have rated Cognex with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 36 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Cognex is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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36 reviews

5.0

Jul 9, 2021

Working as a font-end developer

Software engineer

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CEO approval

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Pros

I am so proud to be a one of member in Congnex

Cons

There May Not Be Many Career-Building Perks

5.0

Mar 6, 2021

Company review

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Very good team, helpful and possible to improve yourself

Cons

Everything is good in Cognex

4.0

Nov 20, 2016

Software Engineer

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Fun environment, great middle management, flexible hours, great work-life balance, central location, financial stability, lots of off-site events, appreciation of hard individual work. Salary is good, though not the greatest around. The Budapest office is among the best places to work in the city at if you are not looking for continuous integration or the latest chic technologies and methods around. There are a lot of amazing people and great teams at the Budapest office. If you are looking for a fun, laid back environment, this is your place.

Cons

The company is getting more corporate every month. Cognex is not a software company but a hardware company and the software development suffers that; methods and tools are sometimes outdated, software engineers have little room for decision making or creativity and there's no product management. Money overrules innovation so you might need to reinvent the wheel for the 5th time and reimplement the same features again and again because that's the only thing salesforce is willing to sell. As with all big companies, a lot of depends which team are you in. You might be on a fun new project or you might end up maintaining horrible ancient code that the company is not willing to replace because of "reasons". You might work on small bugfix releases for years or you might work on 3-year long endless project or anything in-between. Unfortunately there are no travel opportunities for the average engineers, even though the company spreads around the globe.

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