Amazon Software Development Engineer II reviews

3.6

58% would recommend to a friend

(955 total reviews)
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19% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer, II employees have rated Amazon with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 955 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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955 reviews
3.0
Mar 9, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

They care about progression. I was promoted during my time there. They supply good equipment and the interviewing training is great. The leadership principles actually make sense if you use them right.

Cons

Management don't often listen, and direction comes from so far above that it isn't really easy to push back. Often overworked, left after 2 years feeling very burned out. Leadership Principles are often misused by management in a strange political way.

2.0
Feb 22, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Smart, driven coworkers Minimal corporate b.s. Solve real scaling problems. Good pay.

Cons

Everything is always on fire. There is absolutely no quality control. There is no real management. You will not have time to write actual software. There are a large number of checked out, incompetent or otherwise harmful senior devs camping on stock bonuses. If you want it done right, you will have to do it yourself to the tune of 80+ hours a week.

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