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
4.0
Aug 14, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Venice is the best office place I can think of, really enjoy the work environment. people are smart

Cons

facing fierce competition from FB, nervous of company growth around the company

5.0
Jun 11, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Flexible timings; Good work life balance. - More of ownership culture similar to Google, FB etc. - Salary is good. - Free food with option to dine out at restaurants. - They pay for your phone bill. - Free Gold's gym membership. - Tons of company events like Santa Monica pier party, Cinema screening etc.

Cons

Since it's relatively new company there are lot of policies that need time to settle in.

1.0
Apr 25, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Able to work at a fairly rapid pace, though this came at the cost of not writing tests and peer reviews consisted of people just scanning the code. Compensation is fair considering market.

Cons

Work/life balance: We are regularly reminded that we're expected to come back online to work after dinner. God help you if your Hipchat dot isn't green. Weekends and working into the morning are a regular thing. Culture: It's said that a company's true culture is defined by those they reward and promote, as opposed to what they tout. And it's evident that Snap values managers who bully and intimidate to motivate their team and robots that blindly follow. Feedback system: Snap has no concept of reviews for peers or for management, so they stay oblivious to problems (perhaps willingly). Code quality: Peer reviews generally consist of someone scanning the code, not running it. No tests are written. This results in bugs slipping through to production apps. Unfortunately these issues seem to come from the top down; they are rooted deeply in the culture of Snap. Leaving Snap was like finally leaving an abusive relationship.

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