Amazon Software Developer reviews

3.5

54% would recommend to a friend

(6,214 total reviews)
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41% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 6,214 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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6K reviews
4.0
Oct 5, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Interesting work -Smart co-workers to learn from -Good pay -Many web service tech to become familiar with

Cons

-Painful pager duty -Prioritizes quick launches over stable products -Workload can get high -Minimal perks I think the above is applicable to many large companies, but the pager duty is something specific with Amazon.

4.0
Sep 13, 2013

Learn a lot

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

If you are on a good team, you will learn good technical skills and build the foundation for a good career anywhere

Cons

on-call can cramp your schedule, high work-load at times

5.0
Aug 27, 2013

Great work environment

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great work environment. The opportunities for career growth are numerous. Flexible work schedule. Inventors can invent, and most teams can spend time to drive quality into their products.

Cons

PAGER DUTY...BEWARE! Get a good sense of what type of situation your perspective team is in before entering (broken glass zones, etc).

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