Is Amazon a good company to work for as a Software Development Engineer II?

Software Development Engineer II professionals working at Amazon have rated their employer with 3.6 out of 5 stars in 955 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Amazon employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Development Engineer II Jobs at Amazon now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Development Engineer II interview questions at Amazon .

Does Amazon pay Software Development Engineer II employees well?

Software Development Engineer II professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Amazon with 4.0 out of 5 stars based on 955 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 7.8% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Development Engineer II salaries at Amazon.

How happy are Software Development Engineer II professionals working at Amazon?

58% of Software Development Engineer II employees at Amazon would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has increased by 4% in the past 12 months. Software Development Engineer II professionals have also rated Amazon with a 2.9 rating for work-life-balance, 3.5 rating for diversity and inclusion, 2.9 rating for culture and values and 4.0 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Amazon?

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What are the pros of working at Amazon according to real employee reviews?

"Pay is good but not worth the asks made from IT and how they are treated" ((in 19510 reviews)); "Their health benefits is good and their career choice is helpful to start a new career" ((in 13167 reviews)); "A lot of information that is useful and great people to go to when you need something" ((in 7755 reviews)); "It's a very huge company all around the world and it keep satisfying their employees with good salary and accommodation" ((in 5792 reviews)); "The work culture is good and I never felt that I was new in the company" ((in 4880 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Amazon according to real employee reviews?

"You do work bloody hard and very long hours so there is no work life balance" ((in 10089 reviews)); "You work long hours and not as many breaks as you would like or need at times" ((in 7025 reviews)); "Poor management can lead to unnecessary stress and even impact your standing within the company." ((in 6655 reviews)); "There are also bad managers that are rude and do not care about the feelings of their associates." ((in 5184 reviews)); "The company advertises peak season as the long hours and hard push but it really happens routinely throughout the year." ((in 2412 reviews))

Amazon Software Development Engineer II reviews

3.6

58% would recommend to a friend

(955 total reviews)

Andrew Jassy

19% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

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Software Development Engineer II employees have rated Amazon with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 955 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer II professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer II professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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4.0

Jan 26, 2020

AWS SDE II perspective

Software development engineer ii

Recommend

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Pros

* Good salary * Leadership principles are for real * Native AWS development, lots of learning * Nice offices * Good internal structure (small teams, good planning, tech managers) * Nice perks (free coffee, food, beer, courses etc)

Cons

* Painful ops as we have to be oncall for a whole week every now and then * You are chained to internal tools and frameworks * You don't see a lot of promotions to senior positions, even for people with years of contributions

4.0

Jan 10, 2020

Great engineers yet the stressful environment might not be for everyone.

Software development engineer-ii

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Pros

I have had the chance to work with amazing engineers and learn a lot from them. There are extremely talented engineers in the London office who are always willing to help others learn. The atmosphere within teams is generally friendly and it is quite social. There is a good variety of projects and teams which allows one to diversify their skills.

Cons

In certain areas the management style tends to be very aggressive setting unrealistic timelines purposefully which tends to put enormous pressure on individual contributors. Unfortunately, there aren't clear mechanisms for the company to support an individual's personal career development when it comes to further education.

5.0

Jan 9, 2020

Great learning opportunities. Great project with real customer impact.

Software development engineer-ii

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Pros

- Learning every day - Working with very talented people - Impact that matter at scale - Great compensation - Career opportunities

Cons

- Work life balance very challenging

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