Principal Software Engineer
Principal Software Engineer
Excellent place to work.
Organized, growing in efficiency, wonderful people, reasonable work/life balance, and great compensation.
Lots and lots of people.
Sometimes it can be difficult to get folks moving in one direction, even when they want to.
Internal politics at higher levels, hardcoded head counts, and teams which have charters and deadlines create boundaries that are often difficult to work with.
Heavy focus on build systems for C#, when they need to focus on Node.js a whole lot more.
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Principal Software Engineer
1. Got an initial screening interview over the phone and was rejected simply because I did not speak at a high enough language level (though I have a conversational level). I was very disappointed at being judged by language only, while they totally
Principal Software Engineer
Call with hiring manager to start the process. After that, it went to the final round, which was virtual. * Two coding interviews with standard algorithms questions. * One interview with a product manager on strategy. * Two interviews with en
Principal Software Engineer
Four or five virtual interviews, one after the other. These mostly involved coding in their tool, with the interviewer providing feedback along the way. Some system design and fit questions were also included.
Principal Software Engineer
Tokyo, Tokyo, JapanOctober 1, 20251. Got an initial screening interview over the phone and was rejected simply because I did not speak at a high enough language level (though I have a conversational level). I was very disappointed at being judged by language only, while they totally
Principal Software Engineer
New York, New York, United StatesSeptember 1, 2025Call with hiring manager to start the process. After that, it went to the final round, which was virtual. * Two coding interviews with standard algorithms questions. * One interview with a product manager on strategy. * Two interviews with en
Principal Software Engineer
Reston, Virginia, United StatesJune 7, 2025Four or five virtual interviews, one after the other. These mostly involved coding in their tool, with the interviewer providing feedback along the way. Some system design and fit questions were also included.
