Pros
The company is stable and quite profitable at what it does. This is in the fintech business and is a non-banking financial firm. Therefore work is always there. Most people work on Enterprise Java, C# but we are moving towards Cloud solutions like AWS, Azure, GCP for certain needs. There is a multitude of requirements for which quality engineers are needed. Therefore diversification and specialization and growth within the company is possible. Hard work is rewarded with recognition. A good supportive environment to grow professionally.
Cons
Vendor based solutions are sometimes preferred over in house solutions. A lot of POCs are not brought to production because of that. Work can be repetitive and constricted if delivery work is not supplemented with idea generation and POC development. Security is such that a lot of POC development is preferred on laptops with freely accessible internet or personal devices compared to office network laptops or desktops. If stuck with a technology it is hard to diversify as people will regard you as the subject matter expert and will delegate those specific tasks to you, leaving less time to innovate.
