Pros
- great colleagues: low ego, high intelligence. They've kept me here for a long time.
- strong engineering culture (testing, architecture reviews, no-fault post-incident reviews - we're all here to learn together)
- great place to grow your career
- lots of responsibility (some may view this as a con - if you don't want ownership/responsibility, this is not the place for you)
- very good benefits package (electric vehicle leasing, decent pension contribution, work from anywhere)
- management that leaves space for personal circumstances
- very strong work-life balance but also flexible working (want to take a longer lunch break in the winter to maximise sunlight and work later? Sure!)
Cons
- salary isn't as high as some other fintechs
- diversity in tech isn't very good (especially in tech leadership) although tbf it's probably no worse than anywhere else
- lack of CPO means that product tribes tend to work in isolation and optimise locally
