Unfocused product direction and mediocre engineering team - Devops Engineer Alpaca Employee Review

3.0
29 Oct 2022
Recommend
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Pros

- remote work - interesting technologies - heart is in the heart of finance (stock market)

Cons

- over-engineering culture. The first thing the company did after raising a series B is build more microservices and it had the CTOs blessing. Now products ship 3x slower while operating costs are higher. - half-baked product ideas, the founders just want everyone to try out anything but nothing sticks. Now they have a ton of responsibility to fulfill on top of already suffering product direction. It’s gonna be a snowball effect - disgruntled european counterparts. They are not getting raises because the company financials are suffering so they go after people who live in a higher cost of living area than them, grow up. - can’t close deals when competing with other competitors.

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5.0
26 Nov 2025
Recommend
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Pros

A culture like this means people learn fast, fix weaknesses quickly, and do not cling to ego or past decisions. Speed matters because slow teams lose opportunities and waste resources. Quality matters because sloppy output multiplies long term cost. Output driven means ideas and talk mean nothing unless they convert into real value. Growth mindset ties all of this together because without it people resist feedback, avoid discomfort, and drag down the team.

Cons

Growth mindset demands constant self scrutiny.

3.0
17 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Smart people, interesting product, ambitious goals

Cons

Disorganized, unclear process, hard to set long term goals

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