Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE) II reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(4,813 total reviews)
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44% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer (SDE II) employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 4,813 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer (SDE II) professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer (SDE II) professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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5K reviews
4.0
Dec 28, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

At Amazon, you get the liberty to experiment and you get the sense of owning and belonging to the product.

Cons

Work-life balance is tough and there's always a competitive environment to keep performing better than the rest.

4.0
Dec 28, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Strong engineering culture with high ownership, exposure to large-scale distributed systems, and opportunities to learn best practices in system design, code quality, and operational excellence. Great place to grow technically early in your career

Cons

Fast-paced environment with high expectations can be stressful at times. Work-life balance may vary significantly depending on team and project priorities

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