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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3K reviews
5.0
Nov 2, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Smart people - Interesting projects - Startup atmosphere - Fun environment - Cool culture

Cons

- Small desks - A tad too many meetings on a daily basis

4.0
Oct 20, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Great quality of work (esp. within AWS) - Surrounded by very smart engineers - Management is very receptive to ideas and feedback - Super customer obsessed - Strong company culture. People really believe in company's core values which makes for an inspired work environment - Highly data driven company - No politics BS

Cons

- Average pay and benefits. Amazon is lagging behind other companies in it's class (Facebook, Google, MS, etc.) - Slow promotions in some parts of the company - On call rotation can be bad at times (although it depends on the team).

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