Is Amazon a good company to work for as a Software Development Engineer?

Software Development Engineer professionals working at Amazon have rated their employer with 3.5 out of 5 stars in 3,322 Glassdoor reviews. This is an average score with the overall rating of Amazon employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Development Engineer Jobs at Amazon now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Development Engineer interview questions at Amazon .

Does Amazon pay Software Development Engineer employees well?

Software Development Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Amazon with 4.1 out of 5 stars based on 3,322 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 10.3% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Development Engineer salaries and benefits at Amazon .

How happy are Software Development Engineer professionals working at Amazon?

53% of Software Development Engineer employees at Amazon would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 7% in the past 12 months. Software Development Engineer professionals have also rated Amazon with a 2.6 rating for work-life-balance, 3.6 rating for diversity and inclusion, 2.9 rating for culture and values and 4.0 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Amazon?

Warehouse Associate (11092) , Warehouse Worker (6897) , Associate (6198) , Software Engineer (6117) , Area Manager (5658) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (3492) , Fulfillment Associate (3404) , Software Development Engineer (3160) , Customer Service Representative (3039) , Program Manager (2467) , Operations Manager (2282) , Customer Service Associate (2212) , Sortation Associate (1859) , Manager (1453) , Process Assistant (1418)

What are the pros of working at Amazon according to real employee reviews?

"Pay is good but not worth the asks made from IT and how they are treated" ((in 19455 reviews)); "good benefits you have to get good benefits because everything else at amazon is terrible!!" ((in 13208 reviews)); "A lot of information that is useful and great people to go to when you need something" ((in 7761 reviews)); "It's a very huge company all around the world and it keeps satisfying its employees with a good salary." ((in 5755 reviews)); "The work culture is good and I never felt that I was new in the company" ((in 4877 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Amazon according to real employee reviews?

"You do work bloody hard and very long hours so there is no work life balance" ((in 10056 reviews)); "You work long hours and not as many breaks as you would like or need at times" ((in 7100 reviews)); "Poor management and it's difficult to get a hold of someone when there's a problem that needs fixing." ((in 6652 reviews)); "There are also bad managers that are rude and do not care about the feelings of their associates." ((in 5151 reviews)); "The company advertises peak season as the long hours and hard push but it really happens routinely throughout the year." ((in 2413 reviews))

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Amazon Software Development Engineer reviews

3.5

53% would recommend to a friend

(3,322 total reviews)

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

Senior management

2.6

Work/Life balance

Software Development Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,322 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

3.0

Apr 6, 2013

Good but not great

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CEO approval

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Pros

Very active culture You get to work with very smart people Things move very fast so you don't have time to get bored

Cons

Your progress will largely depend on your manager, their claim to love numbers more than anything applies only where it is convenient. Horrible life work balance - you are pretty much expected to do something extra just to keep up. Compensation is 'OK' don't expect to see any bonuses, at work place perks. They take frugality and turn it into penny pinching.

4.0

Apr 1, 2013

Great place to work; but not without downsides

Software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-Awesome coworkers; They keep a really high bar, at least for SDEs. Ownership is a real thing; not just management-speak. Every SDE gets to own the entire service/product and has insight and input into every step - requirements gathering, design, development, deploy and maintainance. This is particularly true in new or relatively young services. Each service is also independent of each other. In most aspects, this leads to a startup culture within the big organization. At the same time, being a large organization allows great shared platforms and technologies to be used by all the mini-startups within the company.

Cons

Lots of management hires from outside the company recently; a recent trend is to crowd out engineers out of meetings. Not sure how it is going to impact the culture long term. Another big con is the compensation. Performance reviews and compensation revisions don't go hand-in-hand. Compensation change follows a really opaque process; with the end result being most pay hikes are paltry, even with great perf review scores. Only saving grace is the stock grant you get on joining and vests over 4 years. That is why so many people leave after 4 years - there is big drop in effective comp at the end of 4 years. In short, if you are joining Amazon, remember that you are basically negotiating salary for 4 years; not just the first year.

2.0

Apr 1, 2013

Burn out with descent pay, Horrible place to work, You Are a Replacement Part

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Pros

Challenging. Innovative. Iterates to perfection. Customer Centric. Opportunities to roll up your sleeves and get work done.

Cons

Bureaucratic. Overburdens employees. Cheap, not frugal. No direction. Got to figure out everything on your own. I can't imagine having less work-life balance. Good money but awful work/life balance, hours, pressure.

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