Amazon Software Development Engineer reviews

3.5

54% would recommend to a friend

(3,331 total reviews)
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37% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,331 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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2.0
Mar 2, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Compensation, business overview and good salary. Nothing else

Cons

No Perks, no work life balance, peer pressure. only deadline specific approach rather than employee centric approach, deadlines getting set before you could provide your estimates. I would say technically Amazon is lagging behind too.

2.0
Feb 21, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- You work with some of the smartest people around. - Huge range of areas/technology you can work with, depending on the team

Cons

- The relaxed and innovation-oriented culture is quickly disappearing, and it is becoming more and more beaurocratic - The fact that management is not doing anything about the infamous retention rate (average 1.5 years for SDEs) shows a lot about where the focus is. SDEs are not valued much, and Amazon is willing to churn/burn through new hires. - Not much perks/benefits compared to other comparable companies

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