Is Synopsys a good company to work for as a Senior Software Developer?

Senior Software Developer professionals working at Synopsys have rated their employer with 3.6 out of 5 stars in 109 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Synopsys employees being 3.7 out of 5 stars. Search open Senior Software Developer Jobs at Synopsys now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Senior Software Developer interview questions at Synopsys .

Does Synopsys pay Senior Software Developer employees well?

Senior Software Developer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Synopsys with 3.2 out of 5 stars based on 109 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 6.1% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Senior Software Developer salaries at Synopsys.

How happy are Senior Software Developer professionals working at Synopsys?

64% of Senior Software Developer employees at Synopsys would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 27% in the past 12 months. Senior Software Developer professionals have also rated Synopsys with a 3.7 rating for work-life-balance, 3.8 rating for diversity and inclusion, 4.0 rating for culture and values and 3.9 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Synopsys?

Applications Engineer (192) , Staff Engineer (158) , Software Engineer (151) , R&D Engineer (139) , Intern (112) , Senior Software Engineer (105) , Senior R&D Engineer (79) , R&D Engineer II (62) , Senior Applications Engineer (59) , Technical Intern (55) , Engineer (47) , Senior R&D Engineer II (44) , Manager (43) , Senior Staff Engineer (42) , ASIC Digital Design Engineer (41)

What are the pros of working at Synopsys according to real employee reviews?

"Good work life balance but understaffing" ((in 620 reviews)); "Good culture and good to start in the semiconductor industry." ((in 290 reviews)); "People are nice and friendly in general" ((in 261 reviews)); "Good work culture and ethics" ((in 216 reviews)); "good benefits and workplace." ((in 192 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Synopsys according to real employee reviews?

"Low salary and favouritism for promotion" ((in 266 reviews)); "Middle management (especially in the CAE side) is poor and stagnant." ((in 151 reviews)); "1. Compensation is low and getting hike is difficult." ((in 66 reviews)); "They’re happy because they dumped stock before announcing a 10% layoff and made a good profit." ((in 48 reviews)); "5. Upper management burying their heads in the sand; more focused on themselves" ((in 22 reviews))

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Synopsys Senior Software Developer reviews

3.6

64% would recommend to a friend

(109 total reviews)

Sassine Ghazi

65% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Culture & values

3.9

Career opportunities

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.2

Compensation and benefits

3.1

Senior management

Senior Software Developer employees have rated Synopsys with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 109 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Senior Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Synopsys is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Senior Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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109 reviews

4.0

Oct 16, 2014

Stable and good place to work

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

1. Stable 2. Powerful so only valuable and meaningful user requests can be passed to RDs to implement 3. Follow software development process, including, spec, architecture review, code review and testing 4. RDs can focus on software development. Unlike some small companies, some RDs need to do customer support as well.

Cons

1. Many managers 2. Too many meetings

5.0

Nov 19, 2013

good company

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

friendly environment. Good learn and development opportunity.

Cons

May be a higher salary and more benefits.

4.0

Sep 25, 2013

good place to work

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work is challenging and interesting, and it's not too heavy, you can make a good balance between work and life.

Cons

No too much training, just something like introducing your periodic work to other engineers. Salary is not so competitive.

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