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      Health Catalyst

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      Health Catalyst Software Developer reviews

      4.2

      89% would recommend to a friend

      (29 total reviews)
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      Ben Albert

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      5% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.9

      Culture & values

      4.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.8

      Work/Life balance

      4.7

      Senior management

      4.2

      Compensation and benefits

      2.7

      Career opportunities

      Software Developer employees have rated Health Catalyst with 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 29 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Health Catalyst is rated 24% above average by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Healthcare industry (3.4 stars).

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      29 reviews
      5.0
      Oct 5, 2020

      A Stream of Shifting Priorities

      Software engineer
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      Pros

      During my time at HC, I've been a part of a team that has shifted directions on a frequent basis. I put this in the "Pros" category, because it has been a great opportunity to grow personally, and learn a lot of new skills. It also has allowed me to get a taste of different aspects of engineering, and hone in on what I want to further pursue in my career. This agility in adapting to the ever-changing landscape has also allowed our team to continually provide value to the larger organization. This company has excellent benefits, as well as a great remote-first culture! The leadership team takes employee health and well-being very seriously, and as a team member you feel respected and cared for/about.

      Cons

      There have been a couple, sudden, company-wide, hiring freezing while my team was in the process of interviewing (including a few individuals that I referred to the company). This is largely the reason why I say "No" when I am asked if I would refer a friend. This relates to my main point, in that there is a lot of shifting that has occurred as priorities and direction change, which causes instability in onboarding new team members, and retention of existing team members.

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      Health Catalyst Response
      5y
      Thank you for your review and for your feedback about your 3+ years of experience and contributions -- thank you for those contributions to our software engineering as a company. I apologize for the negative experience you had after referring a friend and then experiencing a hiring freeze. We are trying to get more stable and more thoughtful and predictable in our processes and our planning as we scale as a company, but we still have a ways to go. More and more we're trying to batch together strategic decisions around the annual planning process, including approving a hiring plan for the year that can remain in place for that year. But we also operate in a very dynamic, competitive market, and so sometimes we do need to make nearer-term changes. Hopefully we will keep getting better here! Thank you again for your feedback and for your contributions to our company's mission and success. Best, Dan
      3.0
      May 28, 2020

      Working at Health Catalyst is a distinctly mixed bag.

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      Pros

      The leadership team is extremely engaged, and comes off as concerned, thoughtful, and approachable. They have built a company focused on the employees, and the company culture is very "familial". The benefits are quite good compared to other employers in the area, and the specific team I work on is fantastic, with no weak links and extremely good cooperation. This company is obsessed with how much their employees like working for the company.

      Cons

      The downside, however, is that in R&D, where I am, the work is not exciting at all. The technology platform is quite regressive, and while R&D middle-management talks up a storm about how we need to develop "for the cloud" and use "platform as a service", the reality on the ground is that it's impossible to do that, because some clients are self-hosted and that will continue to be true for the foreseeable future. The technology teams are tasked with maintaining several old versions, because clients are not required to update to newer software. This makes every change and bugfix extremely tedious, as the changes must be backported to multiple versions. Technology decisions are all made by R&D middle management, who suffers from an extreme case of "not invented here syndrome". Everything must utilize the flagship analytics platform, which means that everything must be built from scratch around that platform, even when well-established fully-capable tools already exist. This means time is spent reinventing wheels (poorly) instead of delivering real value for customers. While "dogfooding" is to be commended generally, in many cases, it's unhelpful to pretend that the flagship product is a master of every niche. Even if, on the off-chance that something interesting and forward-thinking does need to be done, it will be done by the "technology inner circle" and handed to the relevant team to maintain, who will never feel any pride in or ownership over it.

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      Health Catalyst Response
      6y
      Thank you for your review and for your feedback. We do care deeply about every team member's engagement and experience, as team members are at the center of our flywheel, our strategy, and our success in accomplishing our mission. Thank you also for the feedback regarding our R&D approach and priorities. We'll discuss this topic in today's all-team-member meeting, and I've invited my colleagues Bryan Hinton and Eric Just, who oversee the vast majority of our R&D investments, to address this important topic. I acknowledge and recognize that in a constrained investment environment, which certainly describes our situation at Health Catalyst, we are unable to invest in all of the areas with which we would like to invest, but instead have to carefully prioritize our investment. And there is meaningful judgment we must apply, balancing enabling incremental investments with more breakthrough and innovative investments. I'm confident we don't always get this balance right, but we strive to find the right balance. We'll keep working on this important balance and strategic set of choices. Thank you again for sharing this feedback and for contributing to our company's success these past 3+ years! Best, Dan
      5.0
      Nov 30, 2019

      I feel well taken care of

      Software engineer
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      Pros

      Generous benefits Culture and mission I can feel proud of C-Suite is transparent, committed to the mission of the company, and focused on creating a great experience for team members Unlimited PTO and ability to work from home helps employees maintain better work/life balance

      Cons

      Somewhat immature in terms of software development practices Constant change can be a struggle for some

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      Health Catalyst Response
      6y
      Thank you for your feedback and perspective. I appreciate it very much. And thank you for your kind and encouraging words about the positives of working at Health Catalyst. I also appreciated your advice and perspective about maturing our software capabilities and providing more exposure to our overall technology strategy and product development efforts. This will be an area of focus for us in 2020 in our ATM meetings, to devote more time to updates by leaders in the product organizations and the services organizations regarding new developments and investments, including during today's All Team Member meeting. Thank you again for choosing to come to Health Catalyst nearly four years ago, as a Software Engineer, and also for choosing to stay at Health Catalyst. I sincerely appreciate it, and recognize the central role that world-class software plays in our company's overall success. Best, Dan
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