Amazon Principal Software Engineer reviews

4.0

49% would recommend to a friend

(36 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

40% approve of CEO

99% positive business outlook

Principal Software Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 36 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Principal Software Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Principal Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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36 reviews
4.0
Oct 24, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

* Work on projects which are seen by millions of customers * Generally very smart coworkers * Strong engineering and operations culture

Cons

* Experience is heavily dependent upon your organisation's management; bad managers appear to have a lot of leeway to ruin your life * Recent changes to management and policies (especially but not limited to return to office/return to hub) have significantly reduced trust in higher leadership, and overall satisfaction of staff * The "brutal performance culture" is not a joke and can feel arbitrary at times, which to some degree is accurate

4.0
Jun 1, 2024

Pay

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Learn new technology from peers

Cons

Upper level jobs can become very politically motivated despite Amazon’s stated creed to be data driven

5.0
Mar 14, 2024

Good

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good Working Conditions Amazing For Newbies

Cons

You Don't Know When They Will Cut You Off

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