Amazon Software Development Engineer reviews

3.5

55% would recommend to a friend

(3,337 total reviews)
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39% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,337 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 2, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

You will work with the finest people in industry , you will learn things much faster than anywhere else, you will be valued employee , you will get product ownership. They will trust you as if you will be honored to your work

Cons

They do not provide any goodies , you can only redeem your stock after 4 years. you must go through all policy training

4.0
Aug 31, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Casual work culture, no time restriction just complete the work in given deadline, have amazing internal tools for you to work with, can learn a lot in very short time,

Cons

Its a fast growing company so ultimately employees have to work really hard and do over time to maintain the pace, maintaining the balance between work and life is really hard.

5.0
Aug 27, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Real ability to impact the business. If you have an idea, you can act on it. Management does a good job of presenting opportunities and reacts to feedback.

Cons

Work life balance can be very one sided every once in a while. It really depends on what phase of the project you're in.

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