Great mission, priorities change quickly at expense of stability - Senior Software Engineer Indigo Employee Review

4.0
8 June 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Good culture and work/life balance. Great overall mission of reducing carbon emissions in farming and getting farmers paid more. Engineering and DevOps generally maintain a good developer experience no matter what division you're in. Good health and vacation benefits, no 401k match. I would work for them again despite the cons below and I think that's a pretty big pro. Business seems to be veering towards verification (think "organic" labeling but for "sustainability"). Take that as a neutral remark.

Cons

The company has gone through several stages of product ideation and iteration. It is still recovering from the last stage ending 2020-ish that I'll dub "try everything and hope it makes money somehow we have $1B let's spend it." The nature of the current stage is annual mass layoffs (last three years at least) and aggressively cutting products and headcount in a manner Jack Welch would approve of. I'm almost certain stack ranking is done in this effort. Engineering management generally has their act together and are good advocates for engineering when necessary. Cannot faithfully say the same for upper management as they'll pretend everything is good and sunny until the second it's time to cut headcount. Engineering has reinvented the wheel more than once. Data science and geospatial groups are very silo'ed.

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5.0
25 Sept 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Awesome company to work for

Cons

Uncertain marketplace and unproven business

3.0
4 Jan 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Decent base salaries. Due to the company's structure and goal shifting, you get experience in a lot of different aspects of the company. Past non-negotiable goal milestones, there is some flexibility, you have the opportunity and freedom to make the job your own. Good work-life balance, and commendable company goals around sustainable ag etc. made working here stand out.

Cons

Raises and bonuses not given for several years due to company not reaching unattainable goals. Lots of turnaround from constant layoffs. During my time there, I had a new manager about every year. No clear goals, and when they are clear they constantly shift. It is hard to grow salary wise within the company, especially when money is tight. You will be able to get more responsibilities and learn new skills, but don't expect your pay to reflect this. Lots of financial mismanagement within the company causing current R&D funding and operations to be barely present.

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