A place where you can do meaningful work with great people - Staff Software Engineer GoFundMe Employee Review

5.0
2 Apr 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Working on a product that genuinely helps people is incredibly motivating, and that shared mission really comes through in the culture. People here care about what they’re building, which makes it easier to push through challenges and ship meaningful work. The culture is fun and positive, and there are a lot of great people with different interests to connect with. It also feels like the company is very focused right now, with teams aligned and making real progress each quarter. As an engineer, I feel like my input matters and that I have strong ownership over what I work on. There’s a clear openness to innovation, especially around AI and new tools, and not much red tape, which makes it easy to collaborate and move quickly across teams.

Cons

Because the company moves quickly and stays focused on what matters most, priorities can shift and projects may get reprioritized. It helps to be adaptable and comfortable refocusing your work as priorities evolve.

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5.0
21 May 2026
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Pros

Great culture and super welcoming, awesome mission and leadership/talent to guide young professionals

Cons

Not a lot of presence in person, but understandable due to the great hybrid policy

2.0
25 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pay is good and product is for Social Good

Cons

There is little hope that our stock options will have value soon. Leadership often prioritized alignment over independent judgment, and despite major hires and restructuring, the company has struggled to deliver products with meaningful impact or market traction. Feedback largely flowed top-down, with dissent poorly received and limited room to challenge decisions. While some leaders projected openness, there was often a noticeable gap between image and reality, with culture seeming more focused on hierarchy and appearances than execution and results.

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