Zipline

Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California

April 20, 2019

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I applied online. The process took four weeks.

Technical phone call followed by a take-home coding problem.
Lastly, an onsite interview.

It was an extremely thorough interview process and the best interview process I've gone through. You really get to learn a lot about the company, and the interview questions are related to what you would be doing as an employee.

Questions

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Zipline Software Engineer role in San Francisco, California.

Success Rate

0%

Pass Rate

Zipline's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in San Francisco, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive50%

Neutral50%

Negative0%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Zipline's Software Engineer interview process in San Francisco, California.

Zipline Work Experiences

Hard to Beat

Software Engineer • Former Employee

San Francisco, CA

August 12, 2025

Pros: Even with the mission pivot, there are some extremely smart people who are all working together in unison. Most people are hungry and kind. If you do good work, you will be rewarded. You get to touch many exciting systems.

Cons: Great individuals but many growing pains that persist and should have been fixed by now, unsustainable work with little confidence in timelines and roadmaps made by leadership

Software Engineer • Former Employee

San Francisco, CA

August 12, 2025

Pros: Even with the mission pivot, there are some extremely smart people who are all working together in unison. Most people are hungry and kind. If you do good work, you will be rewarded. You get to touch many exciting systems.

Cons: Great individuals but many growing pains that persist and should have been fixed by now, unsustainable work with little confidence in timelines and roadmaps made by leadership

Fun experience with mission driven people

Software Engineer • Former Employee

South San Francisco, CA

October 5, 2023

Pros: The mission set continually grows and customer engagement is a major function of the role.

Cons: The company culture is slowing company switch from NGO to profitable company.

Fun experience with mission driven people

Software Engineer • Former Employee

South San Francisco, CA

October 5, 2023

Pros: The mission set continually grows and customer engagement is a major function of the role.

Cons: The company culture is slowing company switch from NGO to profitable company.

Rewarding work with flexibility, but high expectations

Software Engineer • Current Employee

August 13, 2026

Pros: Been at Zipline to see all of the chaos of P2 not working to it working well in real life. Honestly there’s nothing more rewarding than watching a borderline piece of junk prototype turn into the efficient machine it is today! Also flexible wfh no questions asked and unlimited PTO is hard to beat.

Cons: Honestly just changing priorities as we figure it out. It’s hard and expectations of others around you make you always always need to be on your A+ game.

Rewarding work with flexibility, but high expectations

Software Engineer • Current Employee

August 13, 2026

Pros: Been at Zipline to see all of the chaos of P2 not working to it working well in real life. Honestly there’s nothing more rewarding than watching a borderline piece of junk prototype turn into the efficient machine it is today! Also flexible wfh no questions asked and unlimited PTO is hard to beat.

Cons: Honestly just changing priorities as we figure it out. It’s hard and expectations of others around you make you always always need to be on your A+ game.

Hard to Beat

Software Engineer • Former Employee

San Francisco, CA

August 12, 2025

Pros: Even with the mission pivot, there are some extremely smart people who are all working together in unison. Most people are hungry and kind. If you do good work, you will be rewarded. You get to touch many exciting systems.

Cons: Great individuals but many growing pains that persist and should have been fixed by now, unsustainable work with little confidence in timelines and roadmaps made by leadership

4.0
Hard to Beat
Software Engineer • Former Employee
San Francisco, CA
August 12, 2025
Pros: Even with the mission pivot, there are some extremely smart people who are all working together in unison. Most people are hungry and kind. If you do good work, you will be rewarded. You get to touch many exciting systems.
Cons: Great individuals but many growing pains that persist and should have been fixed by now, unsustainable work with little confidence in timelines and roadmaps made by leadership

Fun experience with mission driven people

Software Engineer • Former Employee

South San Francisco, CA

October 5, 2023

Pros: The mission set continually grows and customer engagement is a major function of the role.

Cons: The company culture is slowing company switch from NGO to profitable company.

5.0
Fun experience with mission driven people
Software Engineer • Former Employee
South San Francisco, CA
October 5, 2023
Pros: The mission set continually grows and customer engagement is a major function of the role.
Cons: The company culture is slowing company switch from NGO to profitable company.

Rewarding work with flexibility, but high expectations

Software Engineer • Current Employee

August 13, 2026

Pros: Been at Zipline to see all of the chaos of P2 not working to it working well in real life. Honestly there’s nothing more rewarding than watching a borderline piece of junk prototype turn into the efficient machine it is today! Also flexible wfh no questions asked and unlimited PTO is hard to beat.

Cons: Honestly just changing priorities as we figure it out. It’s hard and expectations of others around you make you always always need to be on your A+ game.

5.0
Rewarding work with flexibility, but high expectations
Software Engineer • Current Employee
August 13, 2026
Pros: Been at Zipline to see all of the chaos of P2 not working to it working well in real life. Honestly there’s nothing more rewarding than watching a borderline piece of junk prototype turn into the efficient machine it is today! Also flexible wfh no questions asked and unlimited PTO is hard to beat.
Cons: Honestly just changing priorities as we figure it out. It’s hard and expectations of others around you make you always always need to be on your A+ game.

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