Amazon Software Development Engineer reviews

3.5

54% would recommend to a friend

(3,340 total reviews)
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38% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,340 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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5.0
Sep 18, 2017
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Pros

Great company, excellent compensation/benefits, smart people. As long as you put a lot of effort and get work done, you have a nice work-life balance. Management protects Engineers by discouraging overtime. Agile/Scrum principles are fully adopted. Code reviews are mandated, and helpful. Data security is taken very seriously. Tons of reliable internal tools that make a developer's life easier. Stock options are another reason to stay. There is a LOT of room to grow for the company. Employee career development is encouraged, with promotion opportunities for effort. Teams outing activities and hackathons help build relationships.

Cons

Company can sometimes be overly frugal, which isn't necessarily bad. There's not as many goodies at work.

5.0
Sep 18, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

People are all really smart and quirky. They love solving the toughest problems in the most efficient way and hoping to change the world while they're at it.

Cons

The weather in Seattle is a little bit of a downer but is worth being at HQ.

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