Amazon Software Development Engineer reviews

3.5

53% would recommend to a friend

(3,322 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 3,322 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
1.0
Mar 27, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Good place to start your career right after college, Good job profile, smart co-workers.

Cons

Too much politics, overwhelming work, no work life balance, extra burden of oncall which doesn't count into your weekly accomplish task, its like a side job that you have to take care without delaying your other tasks and projects.

2.0
Mar 22, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Salary is probably on the high side compared to other hi-tech companies for the equivalent positions, though no where near compared to Google or Facebook. Company outlook looks good.

Cons

Work/life balance is probably the worst for SDE's in the hi-tech industry. Oncall experience can be really bad and you have to work at nights but yet the manager stills expects you to work next day during day time. Work is fast-paced and majority of projects are short-term thinking. They just want to lure the customers in and worry about the rest later. Health insurance benefits is on the bad side compared to other hi-tech companies. The signing stocks grant may be attractive but don't expect the same after 4 years. Basically you should look for jobs elsewhere after 4 years unless you perform on the top 10% compared against peers. I have unfortunately worked for some mean managers who clearly indicated that you have to work overtime on a regular basis to get work done, no matter how unreasonable the schedule is. The commute becomes bad now since they moved to SLU campus.

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