StackWave Reviews

I had a great experience working here for ~7 years. I started as a junior swe and grew into a senior role. The team is small (~10 people) with low turnover and everyone is extremely friendly and super supportive. It was always easy to get help when I needed it. All of leadership has a strong software engineering background which means that high quality code is more of a priority throughout the codebase which was great for me as a developing engineer. They are pretty thorough when reviewing PRs which I personally liked because I could learn from more experienced devs. Work-life balance was solid, and remote work made it easy to manage personal and professional life. They also schedule a yearly retreat (it's half work and half play) so you get to actually meet the people you're on zoom with all day.

* Great mission. There a lots of opportunities in tech and not all of them are very inspiring or going to help make the world a better place. Giving biotech researchers and scientists reliable, modern tools and support? That's definitely a mission I can get behind. * Stable. If we've learned anything in the past few years it's that 1. the world can change very quickly and that 2. Biotech + the Internet ain't goin anywhere. Never once felt insecure in my job. * Very high coding standards. If you want to hack things together quickly with a combination of duct tape, setTimeouts(), and copy pasta'd code from Stack Overflow, look elsewhere. * Absolutely zero corporate bureaucracy and red tape. It's a small, engineering-heavy team that values efficiency. Leadership is intelligent, reasonable and trustworthy. * 100% remote + Flexible hours. You need to be generally available during normal business hours and show up to the (very few!) meetings you're required to attend, but as long as you log your time for the week and get your work done, you're all set. * Good work-life balance. Never once was forced to work or be "on call" over a weekend in nearly 7 years