Avantages
Mostly good people, and the tech stack isn't too overwhelming compared to larger products of this nature. Lots of ability for growth. Like, a LOT. Mostly due to the small size and high turnover.
Inconvénients
This company is just not configured to scale, resulting in high turnover within development departments. Other Software Engineers often complained about being underpaid for the amount of work being given and while I didn't personally experience underpayment, I agree about the workload aspect. This company needs a team of really good senior engineers and a robust I.T and Cybersecurity department. Otherwise they will constantly be fighting against the limitations of such a small development team. Expecting your team of 5 developers (all but 2 are junior/mid level) to deal with cybersecurity, CI/CD, infrastructure, refactoring old code, AND a new greenfield project all at the same time, isn't reasonable or scalable. The person who managed me is/was a micromanager that uses sarcasm in a way that was abusive to me and would frequently refer to other teammates in demeaning ways. They seem to think they were given a "low performance" team, but then sought to replace them. This was the primary reason for my departure. All in all, I'd recommend avoiding this place. I've seen quite a few SAAS/PAAS startups transition from startup to an acquisition before and this place is missing key organizational pillars that will prevent them from succeeding. You can only run a skeleton crew for so long.