Amazon Software Developer reviews

3.5

54% would recommend to a friend

(6,219 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 6,219 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
2.0
Mar 30, 2026

Average company

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Big company, sometimes fun and impactful project

Cons

Office politcs do exist as well as dealing with unnecessary backstabbing

2.0
Mar 30, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Pay could be worse for big tech - Good rental car benefits

Cons

- WLB is pretty bad depending on team - Getting promoted is highly dependent on your team, sometimes is not realistically possible, regardless of your ability - Too much politics around everyone doing what they can for promotion

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