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The role never evolved to the responsibilities discussed in interviews

Lead Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Wells Fargo for 4 years
April 1, 2025
Phoenix, Arizona
3.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

EST hours, so being in Phoenix, days started and ended early.

Cons

I'm a data engineer. The tech used in my area was like going back in time. After coming off of four years exclusively in Azure, I found myself spending most of my time copying and pasting documentation into Excel and Word.

No use of emerging tech. Old SQL Server DBs, homegrown APIs, MongoDB, Unix, Hadoop, Teradata, some Oracle. No DB projects for source control. Deployments were called CI/CD, but no end-to-end automation.

There were "data warehouses," but sadly no simple data stores with normalization at the still-having-duplicates level. Distinct selects were required as the use of code was limited to just getting the data and worrying about optimization after the next migration.

Advice to Management

I had six managers in four years. That's bad.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
4.0
Culture and Values
4.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
5.0
Career Opportunities
3.0
Compensation and Benefits
4.0
Senior Management
2.0

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