Amazon Software Development Engineer II reviews

3.6

58% would recommend to a friend

(954 total reviews)
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19% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer II employees have rated Amazon with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 954 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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3.0
Sep 30, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1) You may be working on really cool projects

Cons

1) You may get stuck with really boring project for long time 2) Many junior devs in some orgs; 3) SDE2 role is too wide (recent new grads who got promoted and people with more than 8 years of industry experience) 4) Really hard to get promotion from SDE2 to SDE3; 5) Cheap hardware; 6) Stock vesting schedule is quite unfair; 7) No cash bonuses for performance, additional stock bonuses no earlier than after 1 year of employment; 8) No free lunches or basic snacks;

2.0
Sep 26, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- several businesses are industry-leading and will continue to do well (Amazon retail, AWS, Kindle) - internal developer tools and expertise is still a great asset

Cons

- increase in management levels, degrading talent, and churn is leading to a slower company with poorer quality products - hiring bar getting lower; best employees are leaving since there is nothing particularly attractive to retain them - mediocre pay and benefits relative to an overall tech industry that pays very generously - stock at current price has limited upside compared to industry

4.0
Sep 16, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Amazon offers a lot of freedom to try new things, make your own judgment calls, and prove yourself. You can do basically anything, as long as you can prove its worth to the company.

Cons

Management isn't well organized - your career at the company is basically defined by how well your management chain likes you (and each other). The flexibility they offer can come at the cost of no limits to the working hours or effort required, and you may find yourself working around the clock just to meet the deadlines.

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