Chaotic work environment but lots of talent - Software Engineer Scale Employee Review

4.0
May 29, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

1. you'll learn quickly 2. smart colleagues 3. entrepreneurial environment (lots of people coming from startups, leaving to do their own startup) 4. interface frequently with leadership

Cons

1. talent is underutilized due to lack of alchemy and processes at the company 2. long hours 3. team-dependent, but likely to get thrown in the deep end with no onboarding 4. business is spiky and asks change frequently

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5.0
Jul 13, 2026
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Pros

- Lot of flexibility as you get a say in how much core platform vs. customer-specific work you want to take up - Exciting growth avenues being pursued by organization in both enterprise and public sectors - Heavy emphasis on internal tooling being built that augments developer experience and pace of client delivery

Cons

- Sometimes, the team moves at a rapid pace at expense of sustainability/maintainability for short-term wins. - Lots of internal tooling being built are prematurely deployed for developers, and a lot of time goes into back-and-forth for gains that will only be visible in a large lookahead.

4.0
Jul 20, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- work with top tier clients across AI research - fast paced projects with insane amount of autonomy from day 1 - really solid pay for non-technical role - in-office/remote flexibility - nice office - accessible leadership - ability to pivot to new stuff if you do well - strong network with alumni all over AI - friendly folks - tech atmosphere with high degree of flexibility

Cons

- long hours but you start late and can wfh - weekends - not very structured and constantly changinf

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