Snap Software Engineer reviews

3.2

40% would recommend to a friend

(226 total reviews)
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Evan Spiegel

14% approve of CEO

9% positive business outlook

Software Engineer I employees have rated Snap with 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 226 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer I professionals have a good working experience there. Snap is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer I professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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226 reviews
2.0
Mar 8, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

- all the individual engineers are talented - your lower level managers are pretty awesome people - there's interesting work - hiring bar and diversity seem to be good shape - amenities and perks are pretty nice - good work life balance

Cons

- upper management is just stinking awful. You'll never hear from Evan except through maybe five emails in the course of a year. - They're constantly "restructuring" and shifting teams around for no reason making it seem like there's some weird politics going around. I was involuntarily moved under five teams in a year each with a different director - Some big big BIG decisions seem to be knee-jerk responses. Very little stuff are data-driven - No transparency. I got all of my developments on the business side of Snap via TechCrunch like everyone else. - Honestly not sure where the future of the company will go. Poor morale when I left - Venice homeless people hate you

4.0
Jan 28, 2018

Software Engineer

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Very talented people on team. - Cutting Edge technology to work on

Cons

- Fear of layoffs - Office space keep on moving

1.0
Sep 18, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Small teams so lots of responsibility -Lots of smart and kind people -Competitive compensation (though stock vesting is backloaded to encourage 4 years)

Cons

-Culture is toxic and stressful. Think more Amazon than Facebook. -Employees are encouraged to work long hours to make up for lackluster code design, rather than improving the code. -More focused on ops and maintenance than long-term improvements to the product -Very top-down management, with most priorities coming from higher-up management than those closer to the product

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