Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE) -1 reviews

3.5

52% would recommend to a friend

(451 total reviews)
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37% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer (SDE) 1 employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 451 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer (SDE) 1 professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer (SDE) 1 professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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451 reviews
1.0
May 25, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

be ready to be drowning in work and have no self respect for yourself

Cons

I think it is self explanatory

3.0
May 23, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay and healthcare 50/50 odds of decent work*, (highly dependent on which team) Great teammates (for the most part)

Cons

Terrible upper leadership with no technical background Forced AI usage even when it's proven to be useless in some projects Overworked, awful expectations - force fast delivery, but at the same time want NO bugs. For some reason, upper leadership can't understand that quality code and slightly less rushed deadlines would fix this. Layoffs are diabolical, managers won't even know who got nuked until the morning of, when the employees are missing; regardless of performance, by the way, but low performers are targeted first.

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