Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE) II reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(4,806 total reviews)
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45% 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 4,806 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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3.0
Feb 4, 2021
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Pros

You will learn a lot of stuff, your manager will push you to improve, a lot of smart people around. Looks good on the CV. You will need to take care of the full development cycle. If you want to learn AWS, you won't have to pay out of your pocket. There are quite a lot interesting projects, not like the usual programming job.

Cons

Too hierarchical. Some people behave like robots reciting leadership principles, it feels very artificial. A lot of criticism (which sometimes helps, sometimes is a bit depressing). It is quite difficult to bond with coworkers. LPs are good for productivity, but not for your happiness. Benefits are really bad compared to other companies. Oncall. Sometimes you have to work with old systems with questionable design.

4.0
Feb 4, 2021
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Pros

Will get to have hands on experience on different types of services and components on a larger scale. perfect place to grow and lead for any software engineer (either fresher/experienced).

Cons

engineers tend to get burnt out after some years. This is also mostly dependent on the type of manager and team

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