Amazon Software Development Engineer reviews

3.5

52% would recommend to a friend

(3,322 total reviews)
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34% approve of CEO

50% 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
3.0
Oct 16, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

good corporate model and good teams. Enjoyed working here, everyone is very helpful and enjoy working on our project. good choice for new grads.

Cons

work life can be more balanced.

5.0
Oct 13, 2012

Awesome

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There is no limit to learn here. Awesome working culture and management culture. There is no dicatatorship here, you have your own say which is valued.

Cons

Sometime work pressure can be high, but it all depends on you on how u want to take it.

2.0
Oct 1, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work with lots of talented individuals on products that are used by millions of people Path for promotion as an individual contributor

Cons

Easy to get stuck doing something you don't like Managers like to micromanage Oncall can be very frequent Hours can be very long Company very frugal with perks Projects are frequently planned to force developers to work overtime to meet goals Managers can be too focused on looking like they are working hard instead of delivering results

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