Impactful work + great working environment - Èngineer Simple Fractal Employee Review

5.0
5 Nov 2025
Recommend
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Pros

- Often the work feels very impactful - The other engineers are hard-working, curious, driven and collaborative - To a certain extent, everyone is welcome to express opinions and shape the direction of the company. - Founder/CEO is dedicated, down-to-earth, and intelligent. - Fully remote and I found WLB expectations to be healthy.

Cons

- Often working on legacy code and with clients who are limited in technical understanding and maturity. - Growth path involves more interfacing with clients (i.e. at this time there is less of a purely technical growth track). This could be a good thing for some as that client-facing time was extremely beneficial to my growth in the non-technical areas of SWE (communication skills, prioritization skills, etc.). But worth noting.

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5.0
6 Jan 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Awesome CEO and team members. Great culture growth and success. The company values feedback so even junior engineers can really affect the process and have their voice be heard. Wear many hats; learn various different soft and technical skills. Smart and talented engineers from all walks of life who are always willing to lend a hand.

Cons

There's a lack of senior engineers.

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Simple Fractal Response
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I’m very happy to hear about your positive experience with us - thank you for taking the time to share your feedback! I appreciate your note about senior engineers - since your review, we have recruited more experienced engineers to further accelerate engineering growth for those who are more junior. We encourage all team members to share their ideas and debate them based on merit, as we believe that will keep us on the path for continuous improvement. Overall, I’m glad that our culture of growth and meritocracy is shining through!
5.0
1 Dec 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Great support for new engineers. This was my first job as a professional developer and I was given the tools and mindset to succeed. - Clear steps for becoming a force multiplier. If you want to have impact beyond executing on software requirements as handed to you, this is the place for you. - Objective, regular opportunities to increase compensation via performance reviews. These are advertised as achievable during the interview process, and this is indeed the case. - Feedback from employees is taken seriously and acted upon.

Cons

Take the following cons with a grain of salt - they may be considered pros by some. - You will be expected to demonstrate growth and be proactive about improving aspects of the company, from software development processes to company culture. This can be uncomfortable for those who would rather not take initiative, or blend in. - Client facing work can add additional surface area for responsibility/stress that you may not want. You have control over this to *some* degree.

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