Nice People, Frustrating Tech Stack - Software Engineer Philo Employee Review

3.0
14 Nov 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Relatively laid-back atmosphere, competent and friendly people. Half of the code was very well-written and organized. Recruiting process is pretty solid, although it does seem that sometimes engineering candidates were put on hold if someone better was in the pipeline. Other teams like support are really on the ball.

Cons

The biggest con was that about half of the tech stack was written in a way that was not easily maintainable, testable or scalable, to the point where even minor updates were frustrating. Some major stakeholders were opposed to change and were often not present at the office or not responsive. Technical leadership was somewhat lacking.

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Cons

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Cons

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