Amazon Software Development Engineer reviews

3.5

54% would recommend to a friend

(3,330 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 3,330 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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3.0
Jan 22, 2015
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Pros

Can be good to work on products that have such a huge customer base. Despite being such a big company, a lot of the teams are still relatively small.

Cons

On many teams, i've heard the work-life balance can be terrible. It seems like a lot of people here burnout pretty fast. Largely depends on your team though. Career-wise, there aren't too many positions within the Software Engineering career path. The majority of the engineers get to either the SDE 1 or SDE 2 level before they leave.

4.0
Jan 17, 2015
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Pros

- The emphasis on being agile like a startup provides a great learning experience for junior developers - Amazon being involved in so many space you can usually find a job in a domain of your choice - Many teams are intentionally small which allows you to play a bigger role and be more productive

Cons

- The company being too dynamic there is lot of churn in employees. If your manager changes, you need to prove yourself again which can be demotivating after few years - Delivery goals for some teams can be too aggressive and might cause burnout. - You have to manage your own career.

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