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Citadel Sr. Software Engineer reviews

4.6

97% would recommend to a friend

(24 total reviews)
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Ken Griffin

99% approve of CEO

99% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

5.0

Compensation and benefits

4.9

Career opportunities

4.0

Senior management

3.0

Culture & values

3.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.0

Work/Life balance

Sr. Software Engineer employees have rated Citadel with 4.6 out of 5 stars, based on 24 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Sr. Software Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Citadel is rated 24% above average by Sr. Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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24 reviews
5.0
Nov 7, 2019

High quality work is rewarded

Senior software engineer
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Opportunity to work on projects from start to finish and have a big impact. The organizational structure is flat and you are able to create your own solutions to problems and execute on them. Development cycles are short and you can see the business impact of your work quickly. The business is highly focused on technology and your ability to deliver quality solutions is valued and rewarded.

Cons

With the opportunity to create high value work, come high expectations. This is not a place where you can sit back behind the scenes and simply punch tickets.

5.0
Sep 5, 2019

Great to place to work, learn and grow!

Senior software engineer
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Citadel is a great place to work for people who like to take responsibility and ownership. Ownership is encouraged and rewarded and there are a lot on interesting projects going on in the company which allows everyone to own important pieces of work and contribute in more than one areas. Citadel is strictly meritocracy driven and rewards people with talent.

Cons

There can be some pressure at times because market events play a role in your workflow.

4.0
Aug 15, 2019

Go hard or go home

Senior software developer
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Citadel is packed with extremely talented, extremely driven and ambitious people. For all that intensity people are generally personable and good human beings. A lot will be demanded of you and nearly everything you do will have a clear and immediate impact on your teammates, if not the firm. Work is intensely collaborative. Even on your worst day you will feel tremendously accomplished. If you like pressure, you will be constantly stretching and growing. The hype is that Citadel is the place to work with the best and be the best, and the reality lives up to it.

Cons

Being the best and being surrounded by the best can be exhausting. Discussions are impassioned, heated, and sometimes combative - it’s great that everyone is so engaged but nothing is ever easy. Management is very top-down; I’ve never had a job where so much time and energy was expended reporting to and justifying plans and decisions to the various layers of management above, or managing their curiosities and apprehensions. Leadership changes are frequent and each time a lot of effort goes into bringing the new management up to speed. It seems sometimes that each day brings a new “top” priority.

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