Avantages
RigUp moves at a quick pace, they *attempt* to meet market needs and are trying to solidify a position in the oil and gas field. Projects move very quickly from the planning stages, to implementation, then release. From a software engineering standpoint the tech stack is all over the place so it's hard to get bored. They have a lot of gimmicky perks like free snacks and subsidized lunches.
Inconvénients
Mid-level software engineers are hired and branded as senior engineers. Senior/staff engineers are virtually non-existent so architecture/holistic planning is left to the inexperienced engineer who yells the loudest. Because of this, the tech stack underwent several half-baked paradigm shifts, each one leaving the app a little more chaotic than the last. The c-level execs are just as inexperienced as their engineers; they provide little guidance and have done little to improve the state of engineering org as a whole. RigUp was once a quaint shop full of potential; however, their large budget and many hiring blitzes turned a promising org into a dump of less-than-qualified employees repeatedly making decisions that do more harm than good. If you enjoy writing quality, well tested code, working on a team with any semblance of a defined process, having test plans, having release plans, having metrics on how the product is used..I'd recommend looking elsewhere. If you enjoy pushing code to prod asap, triaging easily preventable bugs, frequent on-call rotations, sparse requirements documents, skipping test coverage, and ignoring common-sense best practices..RigUp might be a good fit. If you do interview with the company, I'd encourage you to inquire about what percentage of core business functions are handled in the RigUp application vs. some other process.
