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
3.0
Aug 18, 2025
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Pros

- Compensation - Flexible despite 5 day RTO (team-dependent) - You will learn what it is like being a SWE outside of just developing (design process, working with multiple stakeholders, etc.)

Cons

- Political asf, people act like a dog begging for a bone for any sort of leadership validation/visibility - Slow development cycles (might be a pro to some lol) - Hack work is extremely common and shortcuts are almost always taken

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