Amazon Software Development Engineer II reviews

3.6

59% would recommend to a friend

(956 total reviews)
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22% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer, II employees have rated Amazon with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 956 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer, II professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer, II professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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956 reviews
4.0
Sep 16, 2020
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Pros

* great compensation, especially when factoring in 4-year vest of real stock shares (RSU), and benefits * lots of opportunities for learning * many engineering teams are fairly small (6-10) and tend to be independently functioning, so it doesn't feel like a giant sluggish company

Cons

* self-service nature encourages everyone to figure out everything for themselves, works well for some people but not everyone * tendency towards "drink from the firehose," from the time you start until you've had enough -- making sure you don't take on more than you can realistically handle is your problem

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