Is SolarWinds a good company to work for as a Senior Software Developer?

Senior Software Developer professionals working at SolarWinds have rated their employer with 4.0 out of 5 stars in 35 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of SolarWinds employees being 3.7 out of 5 stars. Search open Senior Software Developer Jobs at SolarWinds now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Senior Software Developer interview questions at SolarWinds .

Does SolarWinds pay Senior Software Developer employees well?

Senior Software Developer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at SolarWinds with 3.5 out of 5 stars based on 35 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 2.8% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Senior Software Developer salaries at SolarWinds.

How happy are Senior Software Developer professionals working at SolarWinds?

95% of Senior Software Developer employees at SolarWinds would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has increased by 10% in the past 12 months. Senior Software Developer professionals have also rated SolarWinds with a 4.4 rating for work-life-balance, 4.3 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.9 rating for culture and values and 4.0 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at SolarWinds?

Sales (74) , Inside Sales Representative (71) , Account Executive (56) , Software Engineer (43) , Account Manager (37) , Technical Support Engineer (32) , Senior Software Engineer (27) , Marketing (24) , Senior Developer (20) , Software Developer (19) , Manager (17) , Sales Development Representative (SDR) (16) , Sales Engineer (15) , Sales Associate (14) , Marketing Specialist (13)

What are the pros of working at SolarWinds according to real employee reviews?

"We worked very hard and were quite busy most of the time but the people there were great." ((in 149 reviews)); "Benefits are good" ((in 94 reviews)); "Pay is good if you're right out of college and you can make good money there." ((in 48 reviews)); "Great colleagues whom have been very helpful when in doubt about stuff and also quick in reply etc." ((in 48 reviews)); "Very flexible and good work/life balance" ((in 44 reviews))

What are the cons of working at SolarWinds according to real employee reviews?

"1. Headless Managers and Directors" ((in 51 reviews)); "Low salary relative to the market" ((in 37 reviews)); "CEO at the time was a incompetent" ((in 26 reviews)); "Upper management is a bit old" ((in 24 reviews)); "No training you have to learn on your own – ‘survival of the fittest’." ((in 23 reviews))

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4.0

95% would recommend to a friend

(35 total reviews)

Sudhakar Ramakrishna

99% approve of CEO

93% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.4

Work/Life balance

4.3

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Senior management

4.0

Career opportunities

3.9

Culture & values

3.5

Compensation and benefits

Senior Software Developer employees have rated SolarWinds with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 35 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Senior Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. SolarWinds is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Senior Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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35 reviews

5.0

Apr 27, 2022

Great place to work & grow

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-People first -Forward focused -Never get bored of same work because has large array of technologies to learn -Going cloud -Appreciative & rewarding culture

Cons

-Still adjusting to the growing pains (Top management attrition) -Cross teams coordination could be tough (Majority of key tech is from outside of US, at least for back office)

3.0

Mar 24, 2022

Senior frontend developer

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good environment and skilled co workers

Cons

Not having dynamic working hours

2.0

Sep 17, 2021

Not good for experienced, could be fun for starting developers

Senior software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-Interesting financial bonuses -Cool and smart teammates -Freedom to change teams -Latest technologies in some newer projects -Work/life balance

Cons

-Low pay -Unnecessarry management level -New CEO and new management makes me feel like in a bad Indian youtube programming video -Horrible code quality in core projects -Almost non-existent integration testing, all is just unit tests and then straight e2e test -Lot of manual tests -New and different projects get abandoned fast -Lot of people quitting after Solarburst -You will be moved a lot, to different teams, constantly switching on which product you'll work -Customer support is a part of the work and sometimes, it's just overwheling. The pressure is felt when release is coming and some important customer issue comes.

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