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

Non 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 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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3.0
Jun 18, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

People were really smart and talented. There was pretty much a limitless amount of work that computers/automation could improve. Lots of opportunities to be creative.

Cons

On-call rotation was horrible. It really depends on what team you're on. I was on one of the bad teams There is a weekly rotation for each member of the team, and I joined a team that had an average of a page every day (which could happen in the middle of the night, even weekends). But if you're on a team that's a new product or one without a strict SLA, you're OK. People worked a little too hard.

3.0
Jun 13, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You will learn a lot. You will work with some very smart people on some very hard problems. You will grow and develop your ability to use data for effective decision-making.

Cons

You will no longer have a life - expect an intense 8-9 hours of work each day + 3-6 days of on-call each month if you are an SDE (weekends too!) Perks are minimal to nonexistent compared to the rest of the industry. Pay is average. Equipment is outright cheap, and sometimes painful to deal with.

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