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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4.0
Nov 15, 2025
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Pros

Yeah, I work on a giant core infra team on store side. Got to learn about distributing software at scale and how to build performant systems under resourcing and time constraints. Good pay too.

Cons

My org was pretty political. Made choosing projects tough because different managers would strategically attack the value of projects based on which engineers took it. I only had 1 project deprioritized like this but I have teammates that spent years getting hassled by management. Promotions are hell.

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