522 Principal Software Systems Engineer Jobs in San Jose, CA

“satisfied”

Pros:  “fast paced environment. good tools and skill usage. okay compensation. projects change rapidly so lot of learning. international exposure due to multi site .”

Cons:  “Annual review budgets are very constrained . This is the story every year. Stocks comp reducing every year. no Stock options” – Full Review

“Hands down, the best place I've ever worked”

Pros:  “Not much to get in the way of pure development, plenty of support, great attitude, amazing work environment, the feeling one can do anything is fostered. Simply put, the best…”

Cons:  “Could do a better job with physical resource logistics.” – Full Review

“it is great so far..”

Pros:  “More technology driven across the company... lots of PHDs in the firm.. a great place to be..”

Cons:  “The market shares are down so not full time hiring now..” – Full Review

“Hands down, the best place I've ever worked”

Pros:  “Not much to get in the way of pure development, plenty of support, great attitude, amazing work environment, the feeling one can do anything is fostered. Simply put, the best…”

Cons:  “Could do a better job with physical resource logistics.” – Full Review

“Testing router performances and doing some automation”

Pros:  “very Good and sound engineers with 70% phd holders”

Cons:  “Late night stays and no diverse work culture.” – Full Review

“Churning out products, searching for those bright spots”

Pros:  “Oracle has been consistently profitable which translates into a stable work environment. The pay and benefits are pretty good and my co-workers are a very smart group of…”

Cons:  “Unfortunately, stability often feels like you are a just a cog in a machine with limited ability to work on interesting projects. Some parts of the company are…” – Full Review

“Solid place to work”

Pros:  “Can be stressful at times, but that's when you get to develop professionally. Good group of people to work with.”

Cons:  “There's room for improvement in processes, but this also provides opportunities. Really depends on your perspective.” – Full Review

“Culture change from West Coast attitude to East Coast was a bad move”

Pros:  “Great people, good products, innovation at times, great benefits, loved the collaboration between individuals and different business units”

Cons:  “Good ol' boy network within management, sometimes those promoted were just kissing ass and not producers, went from a silicon valley work hard play hard attitude to…” – Full Review