Is Synopsys a good company to work for as a Senior Software Developer?

Senior Software Developer professionals working at Synopsys have rated their employer with 3.5 out of 5 stars in 107 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Synopsys employees being 3.7 out of 5 stars. Search open Senior Software Developer Jobs at Synopsys now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Senior Software Developer interview questions at Synopsys .

Does Synopsys pay Senior Software Developer employees well?

Senior Software Developer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Synopsys with 3.0 out of 5 stars based on 107 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 12.5% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Senior Software Developer salaries at Synopsys.

How happy are Senior Software Developer professionals working at Synopsys?

55% of Senior Software Developer employees at Synopsys would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 38% in the past 12 months. Senior Software Developer professionals have also rated Synopsys with a 3.1 rating for work-life-balance, 3.7 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.7 rating for culture and values and 3.3 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Synopsys?

Applications Engineer (190) , Staff Engineer (156) , Software Engineer (151) , R&D Engineer (139) , Intern (111) , Senior Software Engineer (103) , Senior R&D Engineer (78) , R&D Engineer II (62) , Senior Applications Engineer (59) , Technical Intern (55) , Engineer (47) , Senior R&D Engineer II (44) , Manager (43) , ASIC Digital Design Engineer (41) , Senior Staff Engineer (41)

What are the pros of working at Synopsys according to real employee reviews?

"Good work life balance but understaffing" ((in 607 reviews)); "Good culture and good to start in the semiconductor industry." ((in 288 reviews)); "People are nice and friendly in general" ((in 253 reviews)); "Good work culture and ethics" ((in 215 reviews)); "good benefits and workplace." ((in 192 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Synopsys according to real employee reviews?

"Low salary and favouritism for promotion" ((in 268 reviews)); "Middle management (especially in the CAE side) is poor and stagnant." ((in 147 reviews)); "1. Compensation is low and getting hike is difficult." ((in 68 reviews)); "frequent layoffs every year June and Dec" ((in 45 reviews)); "Limited growth opportunities" ((in 34 reviews))

Synopsys Senior Software Developer reviews

3.5

55% would recommend to a friend

(107 total reviews)

Sassine Ghazi

60% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

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Senior Software Developer employees have rated Synopsys with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 107 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Senior Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Synopsys is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Senior Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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107 reviews

4.0

Apr 2, 2015

Its good to work in one of leading companies in EDA development. Work involves lot of algorithms and programming

Senior software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You get to work with some very good people in EDA

Cons

Company growth is limited to VLSI domain which is more or less fixed over the years

4.0

Oct 16, 2014

Stable and good place to work

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

1. Stable 2. Powerful so only valuable and meaningful user requests can be passed to RDs to implement 3. Follow software development process, including, spec, architecture review, code review and testing 4. RDs can focus on software development. Unlike some small companies, some RDs need to do customer support as well.

Cons

1. Many managers 2. Too many meetings

5.0

Nov 19, 2013

good company

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

friendly environment. Good learn and development opportunity.

Cons

May be a higher salary and more benefits.

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