Amazon Software Development Engineer reviews

3.5

52% would recommend to a friend

(3,322 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

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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2.0
Nov 5, 2025

Layed off

Recommend
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Pros

- good pay - easy commute - team dependent

Cons

- on call rotation sucks - layed off after joining earlier this year b/c of restructure in org yet the org was hiring people days before

3.0
Nov 4, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of responsibility from the beginning. I worked on services that handled 1.5 Million TPS peak traffic servicing 240 million customers. Every team is autonomous and there is no enforcement of specific technology – you choose the right tools for the job and justify it with data.

Cons

Not the same company it was when I joined. Since Jeff stepped down there's been a huge erosion of the day 1 culture. - Lots of bureaucracy. - Innovation has been stifled by fear and intimidation - Lot of high profile departures recently. - Very average pay these days compared to industry leaders in the same tier.

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