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Lead Software Engineer Reviews
What is it like working as a Lead Software Engineer?
March 2022
Great City.
Lead Software Engineer in Guadalajara:
Pros: The city is beautiful, it is a big city with good mobility. Good food and good people to work with.
March 2022
Work is good. Java projects are less.
Lead Software Engineer in Thiruvananthapuram:
Pros: Flexible work timing. Good exposure. Udemy courses are free.
Cons: Payscale is below industry standards
January 2022
Lead GPP at Ubisoft.
Lead Software Engineer in Shanghai:
Pros: care for employee wellbeing, games franchise available to work on, family atmosphere
Cons: competition between studios, wages lagging behind rest of industry
December 2021
Great Community, Priced out of Market.
Lead Software Engineer in Vancouver:
Pros: Family and friends nearby, beautiful scenery.
Cons: Cost of living, weather.
November 2021
Paid for work that can be done by more junior level developer.
Lead Software Engineer in Toronto:
Pros: People
Cons: Management changed direction and took wrong decisions for the last two years
September 2021
You are given autonomy to some extent. There are certain guard rails that you need to follow e.g., choice of programming language for example, but solution wise, you are pretty much given a free reign, subject to approval from tech leadership.
Lead Software Engineer in Philadelphia:
Pros: Work-life balance.
Cons: Low pay, siloed organization. Too many layers and bureaucracy.
August 2021
Remote from a Small Town.
Lead Software Engineer in Howell:
Pros: It's cheap, quiet, and I can walk to most of what I need.
Cons: There are fewer options for cultural experiences.
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