Uptake Software Developer reviews

* Lack of direction from the top. There were many different paths taken during my time there, but none of them seemed to lead towards one overall goal. We seemed to change what we do a lot. Insights? Data Viz? App based, platform based, SAAS, PAAS, bespoke apps, build your own apps, I saw it all. * High engineering turnover. Things were stable for about a year, but after that the constant change started resulting in tons of turnover. Yes- constant change is a given in startups. BUT, when that change doesn't streamline our goals or hone in on the refined vision, they seem pointless and just another 'pivot'. * Engineering architecture - there were many massive decisions that were never documented or discussed. One or two architect level engineers (who, according to their title, probably shouldn't even be involved in pushing code) willed completely new ways of doing things into existence. And then the entire engineering org had to align around those standards. * Reinventing the wheel - uptake seemed to have a hard time focusing on what exactly we did and putting all of our resources there. We rolled our own versions of countless systems or processes that could be much more easily purchased or obtained from the open source community.

Job security, Removing company perks to save costs, very hectic, company size is shrinking quickly