Great place to work - Senior Software Engineer Kooltra Employee Review

the Canadian job market is so bad I guess this helps you pay some rent while you look for better

CEO is a man child with no experience managing Business team is back stabbing, incredibly rude and some of the worst people

I'm a recent hire @ Kooltra, but I can already tell there's something really special about this place. The staff are smart, inclusive, and ambitious. Everyone seems to be intrinsically motivated; intuitively focused on what needs to be done to continue growing the business while developing themselves professionally. There's no obvious social hierarchy; people freely share information and are receptive to new ideas. The company also has some truly incredible potential. We're working on filling a gap in a very large market that's traditionally been under-served. We've got a flexible product and are able to adapt quickly based on what we're learning from our customers and the market in general to continue to create value. It's still early days (at the time of this review we're only ~30 staff), but there's an optimism among the team that we've got all the ingredients we need to be very successful.

Working at a startup isn't for everyone. If you're looking for a very structured and predictable day, you likely won't find it here. To be successful at Kooltra you need to take an interest in the business - be curious and figure out what will help move the needle in the right direction - and use that to guide your day. The only exception is Development - our Product Managers do a decent job of grooming our backlog and prioritizing work for our Devs.