Alibaba

The Alibaba Group has many subsidiaries, such as:

• Alibaba (focus on B2B trading)
• Taobao (focus on C2C trading)
• Tmall (focus on B2C trading)
• Cainiao (focus on logistics business)
• Ali Cloud (cloud computing firm)
• Ali OS (developed OS used in phones and TV sets)

It also acquired several companies in the past few years, like:

• Gaode (online map and navigation system)
• UC (first mobile browser in China)
• Youku (YouTube copy, first rank in China)

As an engineer in this huge company, you can work on anything from the kernel-level business (Ali OS) to web development. It offers engineers the opportunity to learn about many different businesses.

Many of the products might be driven by business development. It's hard to say this is a pro or a con. For any product, engineering development is only one part; the other parts include marketing, business, etc. These people should work together to achieve success.