Amazon Software Development Engineer reviews

3.5

54% would recommend to a friend

(3,329 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 3,329 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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1.0
Nov 12, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Looks good on the resume, either to get into other companies later. Some smart people here.

Cons

No work/life balance, sweat shop. Yes, they will wake you up at 2am in the middle of the night. Management truly doesn't care about their employees. Very bad culture, people talk behind your back. Very high turnover, most developers are still unfamiliar with the product they're working on.

4.0
Nov 11, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1. Great minds to work with. 2. Great internal technologies to play with. 3. Competitive salary. 4. I really like the way everyone owns up the work he/she is doing GREAT LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

Cons

1. Sometimes Amazon policy of being frugal is really frustrating. 2. A lot of time goes into design reviews and data collection as compared to actual coding.

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