Amazon Software Development Manager reviews

3.4

48% would recommend to a friend

(484 total reviews)
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27% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

Manager, Software Development employees have rated Amazon with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 484 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Manager, Software Development professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Manager, Software Development professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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484 reviews
5.0
Mar 1, 2016
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Pros

Worked here for 9+ years. In my past 9 years, I worked on various large scale systems like building a cloud based call center solution, warehouse automation and optimization and even solving travelling salesman problem at logistics. If you are really into computer science and building system that scales, Amazon has a lot of opportunities

Cons

Work life balance varies by organization. In most of the orgs I was in, work life balance was okay, not as bad as others claim to be.

5.0
Feb 4, 2016
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Pros

I'm not going to lie, this is a very hard job, but that's what I love about it. I get to go super deep technically, I've worked with folks to invent cutting edge algorithms, we've routinely delivered against wildly audacious goals, and my team is brilliant. I can't imagine learning or growing more rapidly than I have here. I get to wear a lot of hats in this role: people manager, technical leader, business strategist.

Cons

You get used to saying "things area really crazy right now," and eventually realize that's just how things operate. Learning to say no and balance your own schedule is critical, because it's rare to have someone else do that for you and there's no shortage of great things to go contribute to.

5.0
Feb 4, 2016
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Pros

Getting to build stuff that people use and love, everything you build is huge, considerable freedom to solve problems, working with super smart people, people like amazon.

Cons

The freedom comes with a requirement to self-manage, massively distributed systems mean a team you have never heard of can break your service, upper management can sometimes be overreactive.

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