Solid foundation but poor leadership - Software Engineer Attentive Employee Review

3.0
Mar 16, 2023
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Pros

- A lot of opportunity as an engineer to lead projects and get great hands-on experience - A lot of customers and usage of platform you're working on - Overall many smart, approachable, down to earth people work there creating a solid engineering culture - Quality and scalable products to work on

Cons

- Bad leadership at the executive and VP-levels (in engineering) - No steady road-map making engineering have to context-switch week to week on what they're working on - Not enough engineering managers to manage everyone and the work load efficiently - Products being built often suffer from needing to ship code quickly to make customers happy - Overall, very chaotic and unorganized place to work

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5.0
Sep 29, 2025
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Pros

• Smart, talented peers with strong technical backgrounds • Interesting engineering challenges at scale (distributed systems, data, backend + product features) • Opportunities to learn quickly and grow if you take initiative • Fast-moving environment with high ownership • Competitive compensation and benefits for the industry

Cons

• Pace can feel intense; work-life balance varies by team • Priorities can shift quickly, leading to some churn on projects • Communication between product and engineering isn’t always smooth • Career development depends heavily on your manager; not always consistent

4.0
Feb 3, 2026
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Pros

Interesting work, lots of opportunities for growth

Cons

Standard startup growth pains, reorgs, shifting priorities, etc

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