Is Amazon a good company to work for as a Application-Engineer?

Application-Engineer professionals working at Amazon have rated their employer with 4.0 out of 5 stars in 134 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Amazon employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Application-Engineer Jobs at Amazon now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Application-Engineer interview questions at Amazon .

Does Amazon pay Application-Engineer employees well?

Application-Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Amazon with 4.1 out of 5 stars based on 134 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 10.3% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Application-Engineer salaries at Amazon.

How happy are Application-Engineer professionals working at Amazon?

73% of Application-Engineer employees at Amazon would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 5% in the past 12 months. Application-Engineer professionals have also rated Amazon with a 3.2 rating for work-life-balance, 4.1 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.7 rating for culture and values and 4.0 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Amazon?

Warehouse Associate (11106) , Warehouse Worker (6905) , Associate (6205) , Software Engineer (6140) , Area Manager (5682) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (3502) , Fulfillment Associate (3405) , Software Development Engineer (3171) , Customer Service Representative (3042) , Program Manager (2475) , Operations Manager (2291) , Customer Service Associate (2215) , Sortation Associate (1864) , Manager (1454) , Process Assistant (1421)

What are the pros of working at Amazon according to real employee reviews?

""Pay is good but not worth the asks made from IT and how they are treated"" ((in 19261 reviews)); "Their health benefits is good and their career choice is helpful to start a new career" ((in 12939 reviews)); "A lot of information that is useful and great people to go to when you need something" ((in 7781 reviews)); "The pay: the base salary is good and the sign on bonus was great." ((in 5765 reviews)); "The work culture is good and I never felt that I was new in the company" ((in 4763 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Amazon according to real employee reviews?

"You do work bloody hard and very long hours so there is no work life balance" ((in 10130 reviews)); "You work long hours and not as many breaks as you would like or need at times" ((in 7074 reviews)); "Poor management can lead to unnecessary stress and even impact your standing within the company." ((in 6658 reviews)); "There are also bad managers that are rude and do not care about the feelings of their associates." ((in 5177 reviews)); "The company advertises peak season as the long hours and hard push but it really happens routinely throughout the year." ((in 2442 reviews))

Amazon Application-Engineer reviews

4.0

73% would recommend to a friend

(134 total reviews)

Andrew Jassy

68% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

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Application Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 134 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Application Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Application Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

134 reviews

5.0

Feb 2, 2026

Applications Engineer

Applications engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

develop backend systems and learn AWS services

Cons

not SDE level and might not get the opportunity at all

3.0

Jan 28, 2026

Extra expectations without explicit guidance

Applications engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You get to learn a lot due to amazon scale in terms of services if you can be curious and learn how to navigate chaos become accountable and learn how to highlight at the right time and level your work or blockers.

Cons

Not much clarity on prioritisation , Anti - Agile pattern is embedded deeply causes a lot of hidden work to be done to achieve deliverables if you try to maintain high standards, management not have enough depth on how to streamline and protect their team from chaos and build a high performing collaborative bureaucracy free AGILE team without silos.

5.0

Oct 21, 2025

nice

Applications engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good experience, no micromanagement in completing the task, supportive management

Cons

no increment in salary or less during hike

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