Review - Software Engineer Synapse Product Development Employee Review

My 4.5 years at Synapse offered a lot of growth and the chance to work with many amazing people. The culture is down-to-earth, humble, kind, and ambitious. People in the SF office (and Seattle, too, although I worked in SF) put a lot of effort into making it a fun place to work. Pros were variety in the types of projects and clients, and mostly meaningful work. You usually have a say in what projects you work on (or don't work on). For engineers, the skill progression is well-thought out and measured, and there's a good emphasis on engineering consulting skills as well. My managers were always attentive, eager to make sure I had what I needed, and challenged me in the best ways. On a day-to-day basis, it feels like you're part of a smaller company than you actually are in terms of impact and personal connection, which I liked. In my experience, leadership cares a lot about what employees value. I valued that my contributions to work outside of project work (employee groups, organizing events and initiatives, and writing articles for company blog) were recognized.

Sometimes there's the feast-or-famine side of project work because of being a consultancy. Being part of Capgemini Invent does help to smooth that out. That brings me to the other downside, which is that in the final 6 months to year of my time there, the Capgemini integration was happening, and some systems and processes were starting to feel more corporate (which I personally didn't like).

Good company culture, does feel like a little family. Pretty flexible start times, and remote vs in person flexibility, as long as you are getting your stuff done.

There isn't much to do if there's no work coming in Doesn't feel as collaborative as it could be with Seattle office