Amazon Software Developer reviews

3.5

55% would recommend to a friend

(6,266 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

43% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Software Developer Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 6,266 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
3.0
Jan 25, 2026

Current Situation

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay, Lots of people with good experience. Learning is accelerated greatly

Cons

Leadership sucks. People are getting moved. Layoff announcements are very dooming.

3.0
Jan 24, 2026

Challenging

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of opportunities for growth, lots of talented engineers to learn from, learn how to do things the right way

Cons

Extremely bureaucratic, processes may move slow, performance review is subjective

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