Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
Pros: Interview Process
- Tailored interview process for specific roles. I interviewed for a senior front-end role and was tested on practical skills pertaining to my role rather than brain teasers, etc.
- Folks are constantly iterating on the interview process to make sure the candidates have a great experience.
Engineering
- Very inclusive and collaborative engineering mindset. Members of other teams are happy and willing to get together and help with anything.
- Immense focus on reducing duplicate efforts and code sharing, especially now that the org is growing.
- Teaching culture. Everyone is encouraged to lead code schools, and there are weekly talks by external speakers (technical and non-technical).
- Tons of support and encouragement from other engineering teams to lead initiatives.
General Culture
- Very authentic and humble people.
- Everyone, especially leadership, is bought into the mission of creating an open financial system for the world, and it shows in day-to-day interactions and decisions.
- Immense focus on creating a diverse work environment with varying perspectives.
- Transparency. Weekly AMAs (Ask Me Anything) hosted by leadership across all orgs.
Benefits
- Awesome benefits: meals, commuter benefits, 401k, medical, developmental budget, etc.
Cons: Growing pains, as with any company growing quickly. However, proactive initiatives are constantly put in place to mitigate many of these.