Providence Sr. Software Engineer reviews

3.9

62% would recommend to a friend

(23 total reviews)
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Erik Wexler

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59% positive business outlook

Sr. Software Engineer employees have rated Providence with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 23 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Sr. Software Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Providence is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Sr. Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Healthcare industry (3.4 stars).

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2.0
May 23, 2019
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Pros

Many of the people who work(ed) here are brilliant, compassionate people whose goal is to better serve the patients and providers of PSJH. When the focus is on patients, the work is meaningful and impactful, both personally and organizationally. Also, working hours are hilariously relaxed, with engineers and product folks typically spending well under 40 hours a week with "butts in chairs," although many do work from home, as well.

Cons

An ongoing push to turn Digital Innovation into a profit center is drastically, and negatively, shifting focus from helping patients to selling product. Top resources are being dedicated to sales, executives are moving up the ranks, reorgs are happening every quarter, and under it all, the patient is forgotten. The turnover rate is silly, as the most mission-driven amongst us move to other positions and companies where we can actually generate the impact we intended when we started at PSJH. Reorgs and attrition have fundamentally altered the character of DIG. The vast majority of exec attention is spent on finding new profit centers, whether that's the venture capital component of Digital Innovation or trying to reinvent the wheel so it can be resold.

1.0
Dec 11, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

The engineering staff is committed to working together and creating successful products. The downtown Seattle facility is nice.

Cons

Management wants to turn this into Amazon Lite. Leadership is wrapped up in their own egos, does not listen to engineers, and is not trustworthy. The "good" Glassdoor reviews, clearly written by managers as a knee-jerk response to criticism, are indicative of why the Employee Engagement Survey results were so profoundly poor. The management layer is obscenely bloated- there are nearly as many managers as non-managers.

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Providence Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback and advice. I am sorry that we missed the mark in delivering a great work experience for you. In response to your feedback, my leadership team is taking a close look at our values against those of our parent organization, Providence St. Joseph Health, and finding opportunities to make these values actionable in our day to day work that more closely connects our employees to the Providence Mission. Thank you again for the feedback and best wishes to you in your future endeavors. - Nipun Dureja, VP Software Engineering
5.0
Dec 4, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

I have been working here as a Senior Software Developer for one and half years. These are the things I like about DIG, in order: - People. Talented bunch of folks to learn from, yet willing to listen to your ideas and brainstorm with you. Motivated and always focused on customer obsession. - Interesting problem. This is very important to me, keeps me engaged. And, cherry on the top is applying these solution to Healthcare, which badly needs some tech-love. Kudos to Providence for setting some example. - Career ladder. This was set up in the my first 3 months time at DIG and we had to do some house cleaning to get this in place. I am happy about the bold steps taken. This reflects the leadership interest in growing you. My manager regularly talks what it takes to go to next level and got me a mentor who is a principal engineer. - Leadership. This is such a key for organization's growth. They did take some bold step to do some house cleaning and establishing the right culture. When I have joined people were have a relaxed lunch when the production systems have gone down. We have come a long way to establish what it takes to be on the top of customer service. - Good benefits. Also, tries to match the numbers with these giant Seattle companies. - Last but not least, the mission. As I mentioned earlier, I am happy to see the application of technology for a bigger good of society.

Cons

DIG is like a startup within Providence, which is very young. One of the cons, I could think of, is the dev-tooling. I have worked at one of these giant tech companies in the past and comparing with them, DIG is on the right path, but has got some distance to cover to reach that maturity. Looking at the other side of the things - you get a chance to build all those amazing stuff to make dev's life easy.

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