Shutterfly Software Developer reviews

2.5

0% would recommend to a friend

(34 total reviews)
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Emily Whittaker

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Software Developer employees have rated Shutterfly with 2.5 out of 5 stars, based on 34 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have an average working experience there. Shutterfly is rated 32% below average by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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34 reviews
1.0
Mar 29, 2017

Run away

Recommend
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Pros

Awesome work life balance because no work

Cons

1) Small changes in UI will be celebrated, get used to it 2) Product team has no clue on what they want to do 3) Technical stack is a joke still a monolith. CTO talking about micro-services but did not accomplish much in the last 2 years. 4) No diversity 5) Off-shore dev center. Company hiring more in cheaper places.

1.0
May 11, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Perks are good. You get Shutterfly products twice a year, including mugs, stickers, photo-books, and more. Beautiful offices in Redwood City and Santa Clara. Free snacks and drinks.

Cons

Extremely political. All is managed by product management, just a few people deciding the direction and execution of the entire company. There is no room for innovation. Developer ideas do not count, all is decided top-down. Even engineering management has no voice. They just follow direct instructions from product management. People are constantly leaving due to this. Even trivial ideas can't ever come from the development team. This company is a retail company, that does not understand how to manage technology. Everything is about numbers, and measuring incremental (proven) revenue each initiative will bring. Forget about R&D. This is not a company to work for if you love innovation and new stuff. The company is restructuring itself and everything done is just refactoring of current code to unify the multiple platforms. Would not recommend this company to others.

4.0
Dec 12, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Flexibility, work- life balance, new technologies to learn

Cons

Personal growth - Not so much.

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