Exciting and Challenging
Exciting and Challenging
Passionate, smart, and friendly people work here!
There are many challenging problems to solve as a software engineer, particularly related to scale.
This year is going to be crucial as we enter and expand in new markets.
The 4 H's in the culture are not just lip service; they can truly be seen here everyday: Happy, Humble, Hungry, and Honest.
I'm happy to see that the bar has been raised for new hires in 2016.
Oh yeah, the office managers rock and keep us well fed!
Deploying code takes more time than it should, and communication could be better between teams across the company, but it's getting better.
Attrition was high in 2015 as the company matured.
We've accumulated tech debt from earlier days that has caused some nasty outages, but the good news is that it's a high priority and being reduced.
Continue to be awesome and inspire. Sacrifice some product velocity to keep engineers happy with more regular Dev Days. Recognize those who go the extra mile.
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