Amazon Senior Software Development Manager reviews

I have worked as an engineering manager at Amazon for nearly five years. I don't think I have learned this much in the same period at any prior point in my career. Employees at Amazon are given a lot of ownership over an area of their product/service. In my opinion, Amazon is one of the best places to join early in your career since people are stretched to own large scale projects that help them grow & develop. I have also found Amazon to be very flexible when it comes to my work schedule. I am able to work a day or two from home when needed, leave early one day and work late another day to make up for it. As long as you are doing great work, people are very flexible.

To succeed at Amazon, you really do need to drink the koolaid and subscribe to their peculiar ways. This is a place where you are given enormous latitude to chip in to solve problems. Your role is defined by what you want to drive and own, not by a title. I appreciate the autonomy that Amazon gives its leaders - for good and bad. We are given room to make mistakes, learn and grow from them. As a leader, I have made mistakes and I've been praised for my analysis of the failure and the corrective actions. I currently work in an organization with tenured Amazon leaders. They've collectively launched world-class operations and billion dollar businesses. It's amazing to learn from these leaders -- they are remarkably calm amid the chaos -- they've seen it all before.