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
5.0
Sep 28, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Competitive pay, work with modern tech, great place to start career

Cons

Culture is very team dependent. Benefits aren't great. Oncall rotation.

3.0
Sep 28, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great complex and ambiguous projects, Get chance to deliver big projects at mid level. You can find more technical challenges, you learn how to deliver and work at difficult situations.

Cons

Slow promotions in tech, 50-60% of SDM's are not from non tech background and their lack of technical depth makes difficult to work with.

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