Excellent DoD Startup - Software Engineer III Rise8 Employee Review

5.0
Feb 11, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

It pretty much has all the benefits of a startup, you will gain a bunch of experience very quickly. This is definitely the place if you want to get better quickly.

Cons

Sometimes you can unfortunately have longer hours of constant coding when doing paired programming.

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5.0
Jul 3, 2025
Anonymous employee
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Pros

- focused on shipping mission outcomes and real results to the customer, what we are doing actually matters. I feel fulfilled because I can see the results of my contribution. - professional development is huge at Rise8, they'll invest in you. They'll pay up to $3K per year for you to take courses, certificates, etc anything to help you do better at your job - culture/team in any area of Rise8 is fantastic which is rare. Rise8 has an A Player policy. Everyone I have worked with is passionate, competent and kind. - I believe in the C-suite team at Rise8, I am on board with the vision and mission of the company

Cons

- no equity - work/life balance. In general what I've seen are people who prioritize work/life balance are usually mediocre at both. It's a start-up so work/life balance isn't as prioritized

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3.0
Apr 1, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

10% 401k match Remote work

Cons

Very bro-y culture — people in leadership aren’t really qualified as it’s just heavily referral based from the same type of backgrounds like Pivotal/VMware/Kessel Run. Claims to want to transform the government yet only fast tracks and hires people from said gov-type companies.

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