Pros: There are good people and technology to work with.

Cons: There was work pressure and no direct growth path.

Pros: As you can imagine, the scope of Zipline is very large. I can't speak to the other eng. orgs like service, maintenance, firmware, embedded, hardware, etc. This is purely a review on the "app software" org, which is still quite small and growing. I came for the mission and the people and have not been disappointed. - Been in the industry 8+ years, this is my favorite product I've ever worked on. Seeing the zips fly in person and working on the tech behind it all is incredibly empowering. - I love my teammates. Team bonding events are fun, everyone is supportive. We all pitch in to keep this a high-functioning org. - The level of ownership is high. I fully own my services end-to-end, including speaking to stakeholders. There's no opaque wall there. The code I work on everyday goes directly to someone I know. - The company has a clear path to expansion, with high customer retention + NPS. If pulled off successfully, this is a growth monster.

Cons: - We are building something that's never been done before. Leadership will make mistakes and learn. I trust them to work through things, but there will be product, people, service churn. - This place is a pressure cooker! We have aggressive targets. Safety and reliability are important. - Dev. ex. is a work-in-progress. - A big spread of services - Career ladder and leveling is a work-in-progress. Smaller org than big tech.

Pros: My time at Zipline pushed me in many ways to be a better engineer and a better person and forever changed my outlook on the world. The expectations are high: you don't come in just to write code. There's no layer between you and your customer, between you and senior management, or between you and the international operations teams. You own projects from gathering requirements through ensuring the code is working well in the field. I was really invested in by my boss and other leaders. I was pushed to communicate better, take on more responsibility end-to-end, and to think critically about how I should best spend my time to move the needle for the company and the mission. The high "EQ" of the team was felt on the daily. First job I had where employees weren't treated as mules. Yes, the job was stressful, and yes, it is a business, but Zipline really did feel different from other places I've worked in that, on top of all of this, the team really did believe they could make a lasting positive difference in this world. That above all else made this worth it at the end of the day.

Cons: Zipline is not an easy, laid-back job: most people here apply more pressure to themselves than management applies. You'll be pushed and stretched to "wear many hats". The company grew a lot during my tenure, but they still are "scrappy" and the startup mentality is felt daily.