Tanium Senior Software Developer reviews

4.1

60% would recommend to a friend

(32 total reviews)
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Dan Streetman

55% approve of CEO

84% positive business outlook

Senior Software Developer employees have rated Tanium with 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 32 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Senior Software Developer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Tanium 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 (3.6 stars).

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32 reviews
5.0
Aug 24, 2020
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Pros

Tanium is a fabulous place to work. As a software engineer, I could not ask for a better place to work. The problems that we solve are challenging, exciting and relevant to today's world . The software that you develop at Tanium solves real world problems for many organizations. At Tanium, you will be part of a team that is producing game-changing solutions. From a technology point of view, we work with the most up to date technology. The quality of people at Tanium is second to none. If you like solving complex problems and working with the brightest people, then Tanium is the place to be.

Cons

As Tanium rapidly grows, we have to constantly adapt our organization and processes accordingly.

2.0
May 26, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Very good compensation. Work with smart collegues. Good culture when it is more than just lip-service. Successful business, not afraid to spend money. Good equipment.

Cons

One of Tanium's cultural values is "win as a team", yet when you seek the help from colleagues, it's seen as a weakness. My manager told me "You should already know that". Be prepared to get criticized when your manager doesn't perceive your performance as good enough. This is expected - yet when I asked how to improve my performance, the first answer I got was "software engineering is an art - it's hard to quantify. I can't just tell you how to improve." When I tried to defend my performance and point out how I thought my performance was good, I was treated with hostility, my manager told me " maybe you just don't want to work here." I assured my manager that I would do *anything* I had to to remain working at Tanium. When I was finally put on a performance improvement plan, I thought "great, now I can do what I need to do to satisfy my manager". I was given a month. I wasn't told my job was in jeopardy. In addition to my usual duties, this month included preparing for and giving a presentation at on off-site conference, and working with software engineers on other projects to integrate with the work I was doing. I did what was asked. My efforts were met with hostility. When I pointed out that I had more than double the PR's and commits than the other members of the team over a similar time period, that still wasn't good enough. Apparently it's insubordination to defend yourself. I was still fired. I was set up to fail. The improvement plan was simply an hr checkbox needed to justify firing me.

5.0
May 6, 2020
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Pros

Tanium is a serious engineering organization with truly innovative technology built by the kindest, most upstanding engineers I've ever worked with. Tanium prides itself on Doing the Right Thing and Winning as a Team, and it shows in the helpful, kind way everyone at the company behaves. It's been so refreshing to be able to trust that my work will be appreciated and that I can ask for help without looking stupid. Tanium has a very flat org structure (all engineers, except for interns, start as Senior Software Engineers and there is no title promotion), which helps the best ideas win, instead of the ideas coming from the most senior title.

Cons

Tanium is a well-kept secret outside of the Enterprise IT community, so you'll be explaining what you do to a lot of your friends and family. They do an excellent job of training new employees though, so it won't be hard! Also, due to the excellent internal strategy of not using title changes for promotions, it's a little bit of an adjustment to learn how career growth works here.

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