Amazon Software Development Engineer reviews

3.5

55% would recommend to a friend

(3,334 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 3,334 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
1.0
Jul 22, 2015

Keep out

Recommend
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Pros

- Smart people - Lots of technical challenges

Cons

- Too much extra operational work for no extra benefit - Long work hours - Absolutely horrible vesting schedule for RSUs - Poor health insurance which does not cover uncommon problems - Very cheap culture in the name of frugality

3.0
Jul 10, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

* Start-up like atmosphere with big company resources. * Great experience with a range of software development environments. * Learn a lot quickly.

Cons

* Oncall rotation can disrupt work-life balance. * Stressful timelines/deadlines. * Very frugal culture/values.

4.0
Jul 7, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good exposure to new emerging technologies & lots of learning

Cons

Often time need to spend on migration, deprecation fixes

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