Senior Software Engineer
Senior Software Engineer
Work with the smartest people on the planet.
Great overall compensation package.
Opportunity for growth.
The size makes it challenging to go fast.
Seem to be in a perpetual "layoff cycle".
Have not completely shed the "ultra-competitive" peer-to-peer culture. That's old thinking.
Open space - nobody I've ever talked to likes it, and it's less productive.
Heading in the right direction with razor focus on Cloud.
Do, at most, three things very well. Do not dilute the brand.
Not everybody wants to be or is going to be a principal employee, and that's okay because the heart of the company's engine is in the senior band.
Admit that "open space" was/is a bad experiment and move on.
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Senior Software Engineer
The interview process involves four onsite rounds, with the initial round being an online coding assessment. Each round lasted 45 minutes and included two system design and two coding challenges, along with behavioral questions. The system design rou
Senior Software Engineer
At first, I was enrolled in their internal employee referral system, thanks to the help of my friends. A month later, I was told that my resume hadn't raised any interest, and I thought I had been rejected. However, days after that, another recruiter
Senior Software Engineer
I applied through an employee referral. - During the full loop, along with LeetCode problems, the focus was more on system design and non-functional requirements in design. - Low-level as well as high-level system design questions were asked.
Senior Software Engineer
Redmond, Washington, United StatesMarch 1, 2021The interview process involves four onsite rounds, with the initial round being an online coding assessment. Each round lasted 45 minutes and included two system design and two coding challenges, along with behavioral questions. The system design rou
Senior Software Engineer
Redmond, Washington, United StatesJanuary 1, 2016At first, I was enrolled in their internal employee referral system, thanks to the help of my friends. A month later, I was told that my resume hadn't raised any interest, and I thought I had been rejected. However, days after that, another recruiter
Senior Software Engineer
Redmond, Washington, United StatesDecember 19, 2025I applied through an employee referral. - During the full loop, along with LeetCode problems, the focus was more on system design and non-functional requirements in design. - Low-level as well as high-level system design questions were asked.
