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Antiquated mentality towards tech and software engineering

Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Bank of America for 2 years
February 9, 2025
New York, New York
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Co-workers at BofA are typically down-to-earth, easy-going people, at least on the tech side. The business side stakeholders are obnoxious, but that's pretty much the case at most big banks.

If you don't like splitting hairs over what the Jira story should say, then you might find yourself at home at BofA. Jira's have a lot of required boilerplate, but beyond that, no one really cares about their content (or so it seems).

Cons

If you're interested in a tech-forward mentality, from my limited experience, I doubt you'll find that at BofA.

Quartz (their proprietary grid platform) is very poorly documented. Their version control mechanism is unintuitive. Code reviews don't happen.

Perhaps other teams there are different. I'm not sure how advancement happens there, but my perception is that it happens slowly.

Advice to Management

Perhaps create incentives for helpful updates to the Quartz documentation. BofA built Quartz and expects its employees to learn it. The least it can do is render that learning curve a little smoother. Consider the advantages to adopting outside tech more often.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
4.0
Culture and Values
2.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
3.0
Career Opportunities
2.0
Compensation and Benefits
1.0
Senior Management
3.0

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