Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE) reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(3,148 total reviews)
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48% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer (SDE) employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,148 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer (SDE) professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer (SDE) professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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3K reviews
3.0
Aug 11, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Hard-working culture meant all co-workers were hard workers and generally good people.

Cons

Amazon doesn't care about its leadership principles unless you're above entry-level. While you are entry-level, the only leadership principle that actually matters is "deliver results" and the only "results" they care about is how much code you produce. I was told in no uncertain terms that working over 40 hours a week was how to get promoted and that I needed to get promoted or be put on a performance improvement plan. You can easily Google how those plans go and what they actually mean. So, I left.

4.0
Aug 9, 2025

Work

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work life depends upon the team you are in , overall decent

Cons

It is pretty much dependent on team

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