Senior Frontend Engineer • Former Employee
Pros: - Fair, location-agnostic pay – Salaries are not reduced based on where you live, which is rare and commendable.
- Fantastic company culture – Supportive, transparent, and people-first.
- Remote work done right – Async-first philosophy, excellent tooling, and a genuine trust in employees to manage their time and work.
Cons: - Role mismatch in practice – Many engineering positions, even those advertised as front-end, involve a significant amount of WordPress/PHP backend work. This can be frustrating if your expertise lies elsewhere.
- Varied experience depending on team – The decentralized, team-autonomous culture is great for flexibility, but it also means your work experience can differ widely depending on your team lead and product team.
- Constant skill misalignment challenges – If you’re not a PHP/WordPress backend specialist, it can be difficult to reach the comfort level that comes with working primarily in your core expertise. In my case, I was hired as a front-end engineer but rarely did front-end tasks, which meant I was frequently tackling unfamiliar backend/DevOps challenges. This often made backend specialists appear more productive, even if the actual effort required was higher on my side.