Is Amazon a good company to work for as a Software Development Engineer (SDE) II?

Software Development Engineer (SDE) II professionals working at Amazon have rated their employer with 3.5 out of 5 stars in 4,808 Glassdoor reviews. This is an average score with the overall rating of Amazon employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Development Engineer (SDE) II Jobs at Amazon now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Development Engineer (SDE) II interview questions at Amazon .

Does Amazon pay Software Development Engineer (SDE) II employees well?

Software Development Engineer (SDE) II professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Amazon with 4.0 out of 5 stars based on 4,808 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 7.8% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Development Engineer (SDE) II salaries at Amazon.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Amazon?

Warehouse Associate (11107) , Warehouse Worker (6905) , Associate (6207) , Software Engineer (6146) , Area Manager (5683) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (3503) , Fulfillment Associate (3405) , Software Development Engineer (3174) , Customer Service Representative (3042) , Program Manager (2475) , Operations Manager (2292) , Customer Service Associate (2215) , Sortation Associate (1864) , Manager (1454) , Process Assistant (1422)

What are the pros of working at Amazon according to real employee reviews?

"Pay is good but not worth the asks made from IT and how they are treated" ((in 19296 reviews)); "Their health benefits is good and their career choice is helpful to start a new career." ((in 13210 reviews)); "A lot of information that is useful and great people to go to when you need something" ((in 7761 reviews)); "The pay: the base salary is good and the sign on bonus was great." ((in 5791 reviews)); "The work culture is good and I never felt that I was new in the company" ((in 4890 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Amazon according to real employee reviews?

"You do work bloody hard and very long hours so there is no work life balance" ((in 10080 reviews)); "You work long hours and not as many breaks as you would like or need at times" ((in 7059 reviews)); "Poor management can lead to unnecessary stress and even impact your standing within the company." ((in 6646 reviews)); "There are also bad managers that are rude and do not care about the feelings of their associates." ((in 5205 reviews)); "The company advertises peak season as the long hours and hard push but it really happens routinely throughout the year." ((in 2412 reviews))

Skip to content Skip to footer

Notifications

Amazon

Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE) II reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(4,808 total reviews)

Andrew Jassy

45% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Compensation and benefits

3.9

Career opportunities

3.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.0

Culture & values

2.9

Senior management

2.6

Work/Life balance

Software Development Engineer (SDE II) employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 4,808 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer (SDE II) professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer (SDE II) professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

Ratings by demographic groups

Race / Ethnicity

Gender

Sexual orientation

Disability

Parent or family caregiver

Veteran status

Reviews by job title

5K reviews

2.0

Jan 28, 2026

Fast pace in work and review everywhere

Software development engineer (sde) ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

a detail oriented and structural processing during product development, which is a great place to learn how to do correct things.

Cons

Slow reaction and many stakeholders involves.

3.0

Jan 28, 2026

amazon work environment evaluation

Software development engineer (sde)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

1. Strong Brand & Career Growth Amazon on my resume carries weight. it is a good career accelerator, especially early to mid-career. 2. Competitive Compensation for sales

Cons

High Work Pressure, frequent unexpected layoffs

1.0

Jan 28, 2026

Amazon is the worse company to work for. You will feel like a cog in the machine

Software development engineer (sde)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Interesting fun techy work lots of scale smart enjoyable coworkers

Cons

There are more Cons than pros. Management is toxic. The work can be fun but managers are pushed by the higher up to micromanage and push and backstab. You still be attacked for doing good things. For example: one of my colleague fought to make development process better and he was attacked for it when things were taking longer then expected even though the work helped the team tremendously. This CEO (Andy Gassy) is the worst CEO i have worked for. He does not care about his employees. From employing people for remote roles, then focing 3 day RTO (which impacted people who bought homes far from work location), then switching to 5 day RTO while wanting engineers to stay longer at work. Then the constant layoffs with little to no communication. They way this company handles layoffs is evil. You are treated like a criminal. Difficult to be promoted Little to no days off (only major holidays)

Viewing 223 - 225 of 4,808 Reviews

Top companies for "Compensation and Benefits" near you

Google

4.5★Compensation & Benefits

Yandex

3.8★Compensation & Benefits

Criteo

3.8★Compensation & Benefits

Toptal

3.5★Compensation & Benefits

Jobs at Amazon

Regional Fleet Manager, MEU Fleet Management

Klagenfurt am Wörthersee

View job

Regional Fleet Manager, MEU Fleet Management

Österreich

View job

Area/Shift Manager

Klagenfurt am Wörthersee

View job

Regional Fleet Manager, MEU Fleet Management

Großebersdorf

View job

Workplace, Health and Safety (WHS) Manager, Workplace Health and Safety

Österreich

View job

Amazon reviews FAQs

Amazon reviews Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE II) reviews

Amazon

Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE) II reviews

Ratings by category

Ratings by demographic groups

Reviews by job title

Fast pace in work and review everywhere

amazon work environment evaluation

Amazon is the worse company to work for. You will feel like a cog in the machine

Top companies for "Compensation and Benefits" near you

Jobs at Amazon

Amazon reviews FAQs

Want the inside scoop on your own company?

Bowls

Followed companies

Job searches

Top companies for "Compensation and Benefits" near you

Amazon reviews FAQs

Jobs at Amazon