Amazon Software Developer reviews

3.5

55% would recommend to a friend

(6,260 total reviews)
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43% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Software Developer Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 6,260 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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6K reviews
4.0
Feb 4, 2026

good

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good salary that is the only pro

Cons

Job securiy, Work life balance

2.0
Feb 3, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I felt like I learned a lot

Cons

bad WLB and a lot of politics

3.0
Feb 3, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Strong culture - Many teams are distributed so relocation is not always needed

Cons

A lot of bureaucracy. If you want to get promoted, you have to very intentionally find projects to show visibility and write unnecessary documents

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