Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE2) reviews

3.3

48% would recommend to a friend

(508 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

23% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer (SDE2) employees have rated Amazon with 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 508 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer (SDE2) professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer (SDE2) professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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508 reviews
4.0
May 22, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Decent career growth and compensation

Cons

Extremely team dependent, can be impacted by leadership changes or reorgs

3.0
May 21, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Big name on resume. Fair income.

Cons

Bad work life balance. No annual bonus. Least worthy among FANNG, as other tech giants either has less workload or pays more.

1.0
May 14, 2025

Toxic

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Nothing major. Fast paced. Lot of work.

Cons

Toxic managers. Toxic Sr SDEs. Toxic PEs. Full politics.

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