A solid company doing important work
A solid company doing important work
Work/life balance Smart, supportive coworkers Good pay/benefits Sound corporate financial footing Actually not being evil
Still transitioning to a remote work framework.
Business is not on a high growth curve, so stock is not valued for growth.
Be careful about chasing after shiny new objects.
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Principal Software Engineer
All my interviewers were super cool and allowed me enough time to express myself. In the end, they were happy and chose a different candidate based on stack ranking, as communicated to me. The only (hugely) disappointing part was poor as well as inf
Principal Software Engineer
Initial phone interview, then onsite. On-site started fine with the manager of the group. The panel interview is where it went off the rails. The panel was trying to flex on each other technically and was more focused on asking esoteric, irrelevant
Principal Software Engineer
Got mail from Akamai recruiter, then first round with hiring manager, a deep dive about my past projects, then the next 6 rounds of interviews. Each interview had 2 panel members. Overall, I liked the process. I did very well in all rounds. The bad
Principal Software Engineer
IndiaSeptember 20, 2025All my interviewers were super cool and allowed me enough time to express myself. In the end, they were happy and chose a different candidate based on stack ranking, as communicated to me. The only (hugely) disappointing part was poor as well as inf
Principal Software Engineer
New York, New York, United StatesJuly 23, 2021Initial phone interview, then onsite. On-site started fine with the manager of the group. The panel interview is where it went off the rails. The panel was trying to flex on each other technically and was more focused on asking esoteric, irrelevant
Principal Software Engineer
San Francisco, California, United StatesMarch 1, 2021Got mail from Akamai recruiter, then first round with hiring manager, a deep dive about my past projects, then the next 6 rounds of interviews. Each interview had 2 panel members. Overall, I liked the process. I did very well in all rounds. The bad
