Prosper.com Software Engineer reviews

3.5

79% would recommend to a friend

(12 total reviews)
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David Kimball

90% approve of CEO

96% positive business outlook

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12 reviews
5.0
Feb 15, 2016
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Pros

The company is growing fast but is taking a lot of care to grow the right way. Within engineering there is a lot of focus on using the right tools. The product is very interesting and has a lot of development opportunities. The leadership is very open and honest about decisions.

Cons

The only con I can think of is that application traffic is going to be significantly lower than most large consumer tech applications. This is more a function of the business.

1.0
Jan 6, 2016
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Pros

The benefits are good, if you were lucky enough to get in early, the stock options could make you a fair amount of money. The office space is very nice, if somewhat overcrowded.

Cons

In engineering, 80-100 hour weeks were mandatory, and not just at the tail end of projects. There was absolutely no work-life balance. In 2015 they hired a VP of engineering, later promoted to CTO who was openly racist, hiring 90+% people of his same ethnicity for all engineering positions. He would refuse to make eye contact with anyone he considered his lesser and reportedly would speak ill of english speaking employees in a foreign language. He hired multiple people at senior level who were not technically capable at an average level... seemingly based on race or prior association. Knowledge was hoarded among his favored group, and others who had been at the company were denied even access to look at their code.

5.0
Apr 28, 2015
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Pros

- new office - good benefit - Engineering team rewrites new platform which is great opportunity for who want to learn more. - People are very nice and help each other. - I like to work here because engineering team brings all new and latest technologies.

Cons

There is no negative point except just a bit busy because rewrite new platorm

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Prosper.com Response
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Thanks for posting your review and it’s great to hear that you are enjoying your time at Prosper. It has absolutely been busy around here as we work to manage rapid growth, rewrite the technology stack, build new products, and hire a world-class team. We very much appreciate the hard work and dedication of our employees, and the results speak for themselves.
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