Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE) reviews

3.6

59% would recommend to a friend

(3,146 total reviews)
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48% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer (SDE) employees have rated Amazon with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 3,146 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer (SDE) professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer (SDE) professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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3K reviews
2.0
Nov 7, 2025
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Business Outlook

Pros

- High salary - Work is innovative and cutting edge - Coworkers are very skilled

Cons

- No job security and regular layoffs in recent years regardless of performance - Very chaotic environment where leadership keeps changing priorities on whims and then you have very tight deadlines to get work done

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