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      Amazon Software Development Engineer reviews

      3.5

      54% would recommend to a friend

      (3,328 total reviews)
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      Andrew Jassy

      37% approve of CEO

      52% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Compensation and benefits

      4.0

      Career opportunities

      3.6

      Diversity & inclusion

      2.9

      Culture & values

      2.7

      Work/Life balance

      2.7

      Senior management

      Software Development Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,328 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
      2.0
      Apr 28, 2014

      SDE in London

      Software development engineer i
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      Pros

      Good Software Engineering processes. You will learn a lot while working at Amazon that will be useful for the rest of your career. Smart people working there.

      Cons

      Job title deflation. I'm not usually bothered by things like job titles, but after many years in the same role, it can cause real problems with your career. It also means that you are underpaid compared to other companies. Getting a promotion appears to be close to impossible. As others have said, long hours are the norm. As well as being on call one week a month. The office being in an unpopular location in the city didn't help with the commuting time.

      4.0
      Apr 17, 2014

      Good for freshers, but high work pressure

      Software development engineer i
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      Pros

      There is a lot to learn : Amazon uses a lot of new technologies in its code base. You will get to learn a lot of things. Good compensation Flexible working hours : The working hours is flexible as long as you do your job. A very high brand value.

      Cons

      Most of the teams face too much work pressure. Particularly, the one who is on call. Job distribution is not good. As a developer, you may have to write unit test cases, document several things. You are expected to work on random services which are not documented well.

      2.0
      Apr 16, 2014

      Great company to learn, no scope to grow in long term.

      Software development engineer i
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      Pros

      This is a great place to add skill sets to ones resume. The company has great tools for development and you can get help from people with a lot of knowledge to learn a lot about distributed software platforms. The name of Amazon helps a lot when you plan to switch to other companies.

      Cons

      Amazon is famous for frugality towards its employees. It is hell bend to spend least on its employees. The whole notion of infinite availability of new employees within the company has taught Amazon not to value its current employees. The work-life balance is greatly disturbed, specially if you are in a team which owns lot of old software. The managers are not very experienced. The salary hikes are very less compared to other companies.

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