This company is a joke, they're just partying on Elsevier's dime - Anonymous employee Mendeley Employee Review

The project work was interesting and engineers had a strong involvement with the DevOps side of the process, being responsible for the infrastructure for their own services, (within the guidelines set by the operations team). Most, if not all, teams had embraced agile ways of working and the continuous deployment to Production meant that it was quick to get code changes released once they'd been through the review process. The company had a bit of a feel of a start-up but seemed well established in its product(s) and where it was heading. There was a decent sized kitchen space with table football and table tennis, and a good social atmosphere within the office.

There were one or two people who tended to be the last to arrive at the office in the morning and the first to leave at the end of the day. Combined with playing table football, (particularly Friday afternoons), they didn't really delivery very much software. This may be normal within an office of that size, but it seemed unfair that they got away with it, while their colleagues at a similar level worked hard and didn't always get recognised for the notable difference in value that they brought.

Friendly, relaxed, cereal/yoghurts/coffee/fizzy-pop. Pizza for HackDay once a month. Cake day. Free beer Friday afternoon. Some exposure to a variety of technologies. Rotation among teams. Good rates (for contractors, at least).

Probably the most amateur client I've ever worked with. The 'micro-service' architecture is a complete disaster, and the only they keep their heads above water is because Elsevier (who own them) have a LOT of cash, and don't mind the drop in the ocean it takes to protect their business model. There is a fair amount of hubris & cargo culting too. If Mendeley were in business in their own right, in a market environment, they would go under in a matter of months. There is a very flat structure, with a lot of very bright but young and therefore relatively inexperienced engineers there - which shows in the eclectic splattering of random technologies and reinvented wheels all over the place, which contributes to everything taking 3 times longer than it should do.