Redfin

• I'm excited about the directions that we're headed technically: SOA, React Native, better testing and quality culture, etc.
• Folks in the engineering org are competent and kind. With a few exceptions, I trust my colleagues, including PMs and managers, to know what they're doing and deliver. That's been much more rare at past jobs.
• I trust the execs to treat people well and make honorable and moral decisions.
• The values that they claim are generally the ones lived out, and jive well with my own values.
• The commitment to diversity is real and intentional.
• Work-life balance is encouraged at all levels, especially for engineering.
• My direct manager is fantastic. I've never had such good conversations about goals, opportunities to get there, and clear feedback about where I need to grow.

• Relational culture means that at times change can be slow.
• Tech debt; we're actively working on it, but there were obviously some periods when the team was spread too thin and quality was not maintained.
• Work environment is flexible, but I'd love to see it be more so. I can work from home any time I want and no one is keeping track of when I'm there, but it's definitely more of an office-centric culture where working from home more than 3-4 times a month would feel out of step.
• Java

We're headed in a good direction. There's nothing I would change that isn't already being discussed. We've just got to keep executing and stay innovative.