A place for opportunity and innovation - Software Engineer Houzz Employee Review

4.0
Jul 7, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Company encourages innovation and failure, as long as you can learn from it. Also the company embrace new technology and adapt to them

Cons

Projects plan is awful, everyone works on their own and lacks of information transfer.

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Houzz Response
9mo
Thank you for sharing! Learning from both successes and failures is an important part of driving our product forward. I would like to talk with you more about how we can improve communication and collaboration between teams. If you are comfortable reaching out, please get in touch. Gary Yue, VP Engineering, (gary@houzz.com)

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