Yelp Software Developer reviews

3.9

80% would recommend to a friend

(179 total reviews)
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Jeremy Stoppelman

78% approve of CEO

26% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated Yelp with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 179 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Yelp is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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179 reviews
5.0
Feb 7, 2017

Great culture

Recommend
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Pros

Yelp has setup best practices and engineering culture. No blame policy

Cons

Conservative approach to product design Systems and methods are always in a flux (how to use product mangement tool, seating arrangements, etc.)

4.0
Nov 15, 2016

Overall positive

Recommend
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Pros

Friday lunches catered, great working environment, strong team members, high mobility within company, low churn

Cons

Poor 401k matching, middle-of-the-road benefits and compensation, restrictive remote working policies, on-call work breaks into work-life balance (should have Mondays or Fridays off during on-call rotation).

5.0
Sep 4, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Yelp is a great place for an engineer of any level of experience to learn and have important impact. The culture and work-life balance is really great and something emphasized as important on a team level and org-wide. Managers genuinely care if you are able to work on things you want to work on and balancing writing new code versus maintaining legacy systems. I'm surprised how well the company still feels small despite the growth; each engineer can have a strong impact to the organization. Onboarding and mentor training is given a lot of attention to streamline newhires interns. Interns are given really important projects, underscoring how change is largely driven from the bottom up, where good ideas win.

Cons

Nothing is perfect, but when I hear about other company's culture (and in some cases dysfunctions) my issues are small. Often new projects require justification and planning, which are mostly necessary, but the process can slow progress. As an engineer becomes more senior, more trust is given, and the engineer becomes more familiar with the right process to get things done.

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