Docusign Senior Software Developer reviews

2.9

34% would recommend to a friend

(68 total reviews)
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Allan Thygesen

6% approve of CEO

8% positive business outlook

Senior Software Developer employees have rated Docusign with 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 68 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Senior Software Developer professionals have an average working experience there. Docusign is rated 21% below average by Senior Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.7 stars).

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68 reviews
5.0
Sep 21, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

DocuSign provides very innovative products that improve business and personal transactions substantially by enabling electronic signatures and providing a vast assortment of associated electronic document management options. The growth of the company provides a delightful array of technical challenges and opportunities, allowing engineers to grow in many directions and remain versatile and leverage multiple stacks (.NET, Node.js, etc.) in interesting combinations. The company is poised for a great deal of continued growth and employs a number of very intelligent engineers, making it a delight to work here as a software engineer. The benefits offered to employees are also quite substantial.

Cons

While DocuSign is growing quickly, it is also working through normal growing pains, including how to organize and manage teams and priorities. There is also a tendency within the Engineering organization to form cliques amongst employees that worked together in other large companies; while not an outright problem, it does complicate making clear evaluations of software / technology as they apply to DocuSign, rather than the company at which that clique previously worked (e.g. "we tried this at X and it didn't work out so well, so we will avoid that here."). There are also limited opportunities for advancement as the company is still growing and has not yet established a clear track for career growth. Additionally, compensation - while the overall package is quite substantial - is lower in terms of raw salary than others. These issues are not uncommon for a growing company, but are still present.

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Docusign Response
9y
Thanks for your thoughts. I hope you are speaking to Robin Ducot, Ron Hirson and Grant Petersen. Seems like the issues you raise are surmountable. If you don't see improvement, chat please with Michael Erisman.
5.0
Aug 26, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

DocuSign has the industry leading product and treats it employees very well in all facets. Good compensation and good benefits (4 weeks of vacation right from the beginning). DocuSign also has a good work life balance environment.

Cons

No significant cons, except wish the 401k has company matching, but no big deal.

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Docusign Response
9y
Thanks for writing a review. I love the vacation from the beginning as well.
5.0
Aug 9, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

First and foremost, DocuSign's work life balance is hard to beat. Flexibility in working schedules allows employees to accommodate their outside-of-work needs accordingly and remain productive and focused. This is all based on trust relationships between employees and supervisors, and those who were not able to accommodate to this culture and value set have been managed out of the company. Work is usually very interesting and challenging, I have never felt bored with the tasks at hand and there is always a ton of work in many other areas waiting for somebody to take on, in case you ever feel in need of a change. DocuSign also supports employee's mobility in order to retain good talent and foster employees growth. I have witnessed many people moving between offices, roles and teams without much of an issue. There is also a wealth of opportunities to bond and interact with your team and people in other roles by participating in many of the social activities being organized throughout the year, including Friday Happy Hours, team off-sites, picnics, sporting events, etc. Overall, DocuSign is a great place to work.

Cons

It is very well known that DocuSign's compensation is lower than other companies in the area of the same size and maturity leve, but for many of us a good work/life balance kind of evens it out. Also, although DocuSign offers a good amount of PTO and 100% paid premiums in health coverage for employees, the company is falling behind in other benefits like 401K matching, reasonably priced health premiums for family members and their parental leave is very sub par compared to the rest of the companies in the Bay Area. Finally, our hiring processes are all over the place and range very widely between teams, so we are in desperate need of more standardized and purified processes.

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Docusign Response
9y
Great review. Thanks very much for the details. Would love to have more understanding around hiring processes. Please share your thoughts with your recruiting point person or Mike Euglow. Not sure if you mean different groups get more resources or the processes differ.
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