Right people, right product, right time - Anonymous employee Pointillist Employee Review

5.0
27 Apr 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

It's not often that a new company hits the market at the right time AND is able to gain interest from the world's largest enterprises. While there is always a bit of luck that coincides company success (knock on wood as there is a lot more room to grow), the company's potential and initial traction is largely due to the effort, grit, leadership, and skill of the team at Pointillist. Pointillist is not a one trick pony company than an engineer hacked together then took to the SMB market... a fairly common story in SaaS. The product sat in the oven, was tweaked, improved, built with scale and longevity in mind, found its place, and was molded to meet the demands of some of the most scrutinizing businesses. That takes true dedication and thought. A lot of work is still cut out and every step isn't always bright and shiny on the path ahead, but the future is bright. Getting more granular, leadership's investment in the people they hire is appreciated, and helps contribute to a diversified and high output team.

Cons

Not necessarily a con for everyone, but a byproduct of smaller companies is that being small and growing, your success will help define the future of Pointillist. Every new hire is well calculated from what I can tell, so the bar is set high to bring good work to the table and help grow the company. Health insurance plans are good ones, although if the company could cover a bit more of the premium, that would be appreciated.

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Pros

My experience at Pointillist was an overwhelmingly positive one. The engineering team has built an extremely impressive and cutting-edge product. I was given a high-level of autonomy and allowed to grow and develop skills that I was interested in while contributing to the development, expansion, performance enhancements of the data ingestion architecture, processing terabytes of data. Engineering management seemed to be overwhelmed at times, which is not too surprising given the rapid rate of product development that was maintained, but the engineering environment in general was very supportive, collaborative, and high-caliber. Additionally, engineering management cared deeply about employees and proved to be tactful in the coordination and management of people. The CEO and VP of Engineering are rockstars and made my experience incredibly engaging, rewarding, and impactful. C-Suite/VP Leadership proved time and time again their ability to identify shortcomings as a team, own up to them, and make the necessary changes or plans to address them. This made the work environment very comfortable and transparent, and never demeaning, intrusive, or uncomfortable.

Cons

Growing pains related to ambitious product development were present, but not overwhelmingly burdensome compared to other startups I have worked with. Data Engineering could have greatly benefited from more support from DevOps with respect to automating deployment. I have addressed these aspects in more detail with management upon my departure.

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