Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE) reviews

3.5

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 3.5 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
4.0
Aug 24, 2025
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Pros

Money You might work on something you find interesting (There are many teams). You will probably learn a lot about software development Programming is as miserable as your teammates make it. At Amazon, you tend to have a little better quality than some random, local codebase does.

Cons

Potentially difficult work It looks good on your resume

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