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

Non 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 Non Software Development Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Non Software Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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4.0
Jan 17, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- The emphasis on being agile like a startup provides a great learning experience for junior developers - Amazon being involved in so many space you can usually find a job in a domain of your choice - Many teams are intentionally small which allows you to play a bigger role and be more productive

Cons

- The company being too dynamic there is lot of churn in employees. If your manager changes, you need to prove yourself again which can be demotivating after few years - Delivery goals for some teams can be too aggressive and might cause burnout. - You have to manage your own career.

5.0
Jan 14, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Awesome atmosphere friendly people great scope for advancement

Cons

everything works fine no cons at all, personal experience is it is a lovely place to work.

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