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      Amazon Software Development Engineer reviews

      3.5

      54% would recommend to a friend

      (3,322 total reviews)
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      Andrew Jassy

      37% approve of CEO

      52% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Compensation and benefits

      4.0

      Career opportunities

      3.6

      Diversity & inclusion

      2.9

      Culture & values

      2.7

      Work/Life balance

      2.7

      Senior management

      Software Development Engineer I employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,322 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer I professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer I professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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      3K reviews
      4.0
      Dec 30, 2012

      Great place to start your career and/or grow

      Software development engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Smart peers, Good pay, Freedom and ownership. Amazon had successfully found a formula to satisfy technical talents by including them as part of the business decision making process even though business and customers being the priority one.

      Cons

      Work-life balance No great opportunity to learn technical skills / learn new stuff ( apart from the project work )

      4.0
      Dec 26, 2012

      Good learning experience for a beginner

      Software development engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      1. Need to take ownership of code / service and ample opportunities to explore (depends greatly on the team) 2. Many smart people and lot of learning opportunities.

      Cons

      1. Pager (On Call duty) 2. had times when there was not a clear vision in my team

      4.0
      Dec 24, 2012

      Amazon is a great company to start at.

      Software development engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      -Competitive offers (not the best, but still well above average) -Many of the teams have a similar feel to a start up -It is in Seattle (I have mixed feelings about this) -The people here are smart and motivated -Has a kind of "hands off" management style, at least where I work. The mentality is that as long as I get my work done appropriately, all is good. -You can go from team to team, department to department, and continuously learn new things. You can jump from low end server management to high end app development for example. -The company is going places both from a financial sense (have you looked at their stock recently and its trend?) and a technology sense -The teams are generally kept small and for my team at least, leads to better communication

      Cons

      -With some teams, work life balance is horrible. This is not all teams however, mostly the ones that manage the website directly and are responsible for keeping various services up and running. I have seen it both ways. -It is in Seattle (I have mixed feelings about this) -It can be difficult at times to get recognized for your hard work even if you go above and beyond the call of duty (please note I have not personally experiences this. Rather, it is a conclusion I have reached based off of my interactions with others and what I have seen) -Team culture and work life balance varies from "I want to get out of here" to "I absolutely love it here and can't imagine myself anywhere else" I understand that this happens in many different companies, but I wish Amazon would work more to normalize this spectrum.

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