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Senior Software Engineer II
Current Employee
Has worked at Checkout.com for 4 years
October 11, 2024
London, England
4.0
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros
  • Ownership at all levels for all parties
  • Support for growth at all levels
  • Very smart people all around
  • Fast paced
  • Thriving business
  • Great visibility across the industry
  • Interesting and challenging problems to solve tech-wise and product-wise
  • Great transparent rewards, benefits, and bonus package
  • Learning runs in each cell of the company
  • CKO principles are genuinely meant, practiced, and evangelized, e.g., Customer-First, Better, every day, etc.
  • Very transparent, high-functioning, and efficient management
  • Constant feedback and learning
  • Free food
  • Regular socials
  • Big clients (Netflix, eBay, Agoda, Klarna, you name it...)
  • Satisfaction to see your work impacting millions across the globe
Cons
  • Sometimes, in a big organization, it is very hard to normalize engineering culture, and managers could become bottlenecks or pain points.
  • If there was something that checkout could improve, it is to become great across all pillars and functions.
  • There are some bad apples from the past.
  • The balance between fast-paced deliveries and engineering excellence could improve across all pillars.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
3.0
Culture and Values
5.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
5.0
Career Opportunities
5.0
Compensation and Benefits
4.0
Senior Management
4.0

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