not a place of efficient development - Senior Software Engineer Cotality Employee Review

2.0
Feb 5, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

+ There are some great people here that I enjoyed working with + It is a friendly environment + There is some flexibility of hours

Cons

1. Rather than managing the products, stakeholders and Business Cases, the Product Owners attempt to manage the developers and interfere with tech decisions. In many cases they just mandate tech decisions even when I tell them about the dangers of it. 2. It's Scrum in name only... the reality is that it's Waterfall; management refused to even read the Scrum guide when offered to them 3. Bad engineering and attitude is incentivized by management.. here's an example: - roll out as many features as you can without regards to quality.... -- poor performance or memory leaks? we'll throw more servers at it and restart them when something goes wrong -- are there bugs.. we'll put points on them so they look like Capex and we can say we delivered more value to the business

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5.0
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Pros

The interview process was well-structured and I was able to have a good sense of the team culture. I spoke with people across research, product, engineering, and design leadership, and each conversation felt intentional rather than repetitive. Another thing that stood out was the onboarding experience, even after accepting the offer. Every step felt smooth - they were responsive, proactive, and thorough in a way that seems pretty rare nowadays. Anytime something came up that needed attention, they were already on it - I really appreciated that

Cons

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5.0
Jun 23, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Camp L.I.F.T. is an incredible example of how Cotality brings its values to life through community impact and innovation. The program creates a meaningful opportunity to give back by inspiring young students to explore STEM, financial literacy, and leadership, while also fostering strong collaboration across teams and partners such as Foot Locker, Octane, ISACA, Google, and Cognizant. It’s truly energizing to be part of something that not only makes a difference for students, but also builds a strong sense of purpose and pride among employees.

Cons

There are very few downsides to the experience—if anything, the week goes by too quickly and it’s hard to choose which activities or sessions to be part of because there are so many great moments happening at once.

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