Challenging - AI Engineer Yepic Ai Employee Review

I was one of four engineers brought in to stabilise and rebuild a codebase that had seriously deteriorated under the previous CTO and Head of Engineering. The mandate was simple: fix what was broken, fast. We did—and I probably fixed myself out of a job by doing it too well. Yepic had a reputation for brutal work-life balance, and honestly, that reputation didn’t come from nowhere. The CEO somehow convinced me to work weekends and evenings voluntarily (a skill in itself). But in fairness, we were shipping genuinely ambitious work—projects with major governments and Fortune 500 companies—so the intensity felt justified at the time. It was a classic 996 stretch, but the kind where you come out sharper. We shipped hard things, under pressure, at real scale. And with the company now reportedly heading toward a sale, there’s a decent chance those shares might finally pay off. Net result: battle-tested, slightly sleep-deprived, but proud of what we built.

I know a bunch of people were let go before I arrived so I was always feeling quite vulnerable.

I enjoyed being part of the team but the deadlines and pressure to ship was just too much,

I didn't like that every 3 months underperforming staff were let go.