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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5.0
Sep 16, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Able to get your hands on some latest technology. Seattle is a great Seattle, way better than Bay area in my opinion.

Cons

Stressful, workload is overwhelming. No cafeteria, no free snacks, only tea bags and coffee.

2.0
Sep 16, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

internal tech talks are decent, amazon brand on the resume, great view from the office

Cons

Depends on the team - some teams have had all their software development abstracted out into poorly written or maintained internal tools, and you're basically a human grease monkey script. Disclaimer: some internal tools are fantastic, others are horrible and create operational issues. Being on-call is basically a way for them to pay you a 40 hour week, but work you 50-80 (depending on the team)

4.0
Sep 14, 2014

Amazon

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good salary, Talented people around, Flexible

Cons

Work life balance. Completely focused on work

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