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 23, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Lot of smart people, decent WLB if you're on the right team

Cons

Compensation assumes high YOY growth of stock, pretty political for promotions

5.0
Jan 23, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good engineers, intelligent people in my team.

Cons

Toxic work environment sometimes and bad work hours

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