Lightning AI Software Engineer reviews

3.9

73% would recommend to a friend

(6 total reviews)
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William Falcon

82% approve of CEO

85% positive business outlook

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6 reviews
5.0
Oct 18, 2024
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Pros

Honestly one of the highest performing cultures I've been a part of. Some of the negative reviews you’ll find are from folks who couldn’t keep up with the pace and were let go. The work is fast-paced and challenging, but it is also why Lightning has over 200,000 users in < 10 months and over 150 million downloads. If you're looking to just "coast" this is not the place. Every day feels meaningful, and the high standards ensure you're always growing alongside talented people. The company is quick to manage out poor performers, so you’re surrounded by people who are aligned and driven.

Cons

This environment isn’t for everyone - things change fast, and expectations are high. You need to be adaptable and self-motivated to thrive here. Feedback is blunt and direct. If you’re not comfortable with straight talk, it might feel intense, but it’s always focused on outcomes, not personal attacks.

5.0
Jul 19, 2024

Great tech company

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Pros

Solving hard problems around infrastructure and machine learning. Tech is great. Good local dev experience, great e2e testing framework which makes your life easy. Over the last 2 years the company went through a big transformation in management, business processes and tech stack.

Cons

Like in many AI startups, it's hard to find direction that is working 100% of the time. One year the trend is training large models, next year it's finetuning, then RAG/LLMs, etc.

1.0
Jan 14, 2023
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Pros

Strong involvement in the ML open source community with PyTorch Lightning and collaborations with big tech giants and startups.

Cons

There is confusion about the roadmap within the product team and uncertainty among the team about what's going to happen. Not a huge fan of the founder and his way of going about things.

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Lightning AI Response
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Hello former employee! From the beginning of your review, you picked up on what makes Lightning AI special - the people. We are glad to hear you enjoyed working alongside some truly talented engineers and partners across the wider ML community. It seems like you really captured the open source spirit during your time here! In the past 6 months, we’ve taken your feedback into account and made a dedicated effort to build bridges between each team to improve transparency, communication, and collaboration. Our CEO has always been very hands-on, and he’s been laser-focused on aligning everyone toward a common goal. We thank you for your feedback and wish you all the best!
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