Pros
Salsify is a pleasant place to work. There are many great people, and the leadership is good. The company addresses a problem that's important to its customers, and executes well on the various business tasks like product development, customer enablement and support, sales process, etc. As a software developer, it's a good culture. People are competent. The team values quality, follows many industry best practices, and incorporates newer technologies in a careful but steady way. People are open to practical solutions and figuring out how to pilot new features quickly without letting things become too messy. We have a lot of product work to do, but it's rarely stressful.
Cons
It's not great for a person who wants to derive a lot of meaning from their job. Basically Salsify exists to help brand manufacturers list their products on retail websites. As you learn more about it, the retail industry has many interesting details and challenges, but still it's ultimately about selling stuff. Salsify isn't evil, but if you want your life to involve more soulful work, you likely need to figure out how to do that outside the office. Some engineering-specific cons: the team is big enough that it's difficult to just start using a new technology or process that you're personally excited about - an early stage startup would be much better for that. Similarly, the longer tenured people aren't particularly open to ideas from newer engineers, so you need to have very strong social skills and persistence to drive changes. As a new employee, it's possible to be quite productive, but it feels pretty isolated.
