Amazon Software Development Engineer reviews

3.5

54% would recommend to a friend

(3,339 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

38% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,339 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
4.0
Aug 28, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There're many different teams in Amazon with different cultures. You can always find a good one you like. There're many good tools I really like.

Cons

In some teams the live and work balance is bad. It just depends on the team.

5.0
Aug 16, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

No... nobody is crying at their desk. Work-life balance in my team is pretty good. Off-hand project management. Within a certain constraint, you can work however you want, whatever you want, and whenever you want. A lot of smart people around you. People respect you because you work for Amazon.

Cons

Recent large scale hiring brought some mediocre engineers to the company. Bad onboarding experience. Amazon relies on your team to onboard you. When the team doesn't have a plan, you get in trouble. I can see that if you are not a top-notch developer, you may struggle with the job. People have high expectations and no one is gonna tell you that you are doing a good job. NO FREE LUNCH

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