Amazon Software Developer reviews

3.5

55% would recommend to a friend

(6,234 total reviews)
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43% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 6,234 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
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

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

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