Google Senior Software Engineer reviews

4.3

89% would recommend to a friend

(1,546 total reviews)
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Sundar Pichai

63% approve of CEO

78% positive business outlook

Senior Software Developer Engineer employees have rated Google with 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,546 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Senior Software Developer Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Google is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Senior Software Developer Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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5.0
Apr 10, 2015

Excellent

Recommend
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Pros

Interesting and complex stuff to work on, at Google scale. Talented engineers to work with. Very flexible schedule, awesome perks, etc.

Cons

Somewhat random promotion process, flawed interviewing process (no know alternative there). I referred a lot of very good candidates, only one was eventually hired.

4.0
Apr 10, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

* Cutting edge technology that helped establish a new mobile payments industry * Smart people dedicated to making a great product * Good salary, PTO policy, and 401k matching

Cons

* Top-down "command and control" culture made it hard for ideas to originate from bottom-up * High deductible health plan could get expensive at times * Few standard company holidays

5.0
Apr 6, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Everyone knows the amazing benefits, perks and general culture that Google has. In addition to that because of the number of areas that Google is in, you never get bored. It is very easy to move around in the company and you will always be able to find something of interest within the company.

Cons

The number of engineering projects outside of HQ seems to be low and can be taken away at any given point in time because they decided to move everything to HQ.

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