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      3.7

      82% would recommend to a friend

      (71 total reviews)

      Alex Davern

      42% approve of CEO

      65% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.5

      Work/Life balance

      4.3

      Culture & values

      3.4

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.4

      Compensation and benefits

      3.3

      Senior management

      3.3

      Career opportunities

      Senior Software Developer employees have rated National Instruments with 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 71 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Senior Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. National Instruments is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Senior Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Manufactura industry (3.5 stars).

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      71 reviews
      4.0
      Dec 9, 2019

      Great people in the software org

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I was a full time software engineer for more than 6 years. - An incredible mission to empower scientists and engineers and a clear positive impact - A ton of incredibly smart, talented, and kind software engineers, managers, and product owners - Good leadership in software R&D making sensible and clearly communicated decisions - Great code quality due to strong leadership and process - The highest performing engineers are promoted - Almost all engineers have opportunities to do high impact work

      Cons

      - Pay is not competitive (which is apparently being addressed with layoffs) - Company revenue is not growing fast enough, leading to painful trade offs and a drop in morale

      3.0
      Feb 15, 2019

      Decent company to work for, not bad, not great.

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Overall NI is a good company to work for. Great work-life balance is their best perk. Relaxed, they use latest technologies (No web, nor mobile technologies though), good work environment and good development practices. Some organizations allow you to switch teams once a year. NI is a good company to start your career, learn the basics, then move on.

      Cons

      The R&D department has 2 big problems: Centralization of knowledge and free riders. "Key People" will not share their knowledge and will try to micromanage the direction of the product. Good luck with code reviews, this people will want to review every single line of code, creating a bottleneck. There's a big amount of so-called "Dinosaurs", people that have been working for NI for more than 10 years, and now have 0 motivation to give more than the minimum. NI has a "fire someone as last resort" policy, this people take advantage of that. If you are a new grad do not let them "brainwash" you with their "You'll not find a better culture anywhere", there are also other good places to work with better culture, perks and most importantly: compensation. The company is very open stating that they will not try to be a "Great place to work" anymore and that they will not try to have great compensation. Benefits are decent, pay is under market, bonuses are non-existent, and change is slow.

      5.0
      Jan 23, 2019

      Overall great place to work

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Interesting and challenging job. Working with very smart and creative people. Good culture and good work-life balance.

      Cons

      Salaries are lower than the average

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