If you have the wrong manager you will have a rough time. Product Engineering has no direction and little detail on actual requirements. There is no north star in Product Engineering.
Diverse team with heavy use of Scala
Opportunity to work with Scala 2.13 and Akka
Cons
* Lack of work-life balance and high-pressure environment
* Outdated tech practices and reliance on manual AWS configurations
* Non-functional programming approach, limiting modern Scala practices
* Management communication issues, with feedback often not being shared directly with engineers
* Tech lead focused more on speed and ownership than on quality and team well-being