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      3.5

      51% would recommend to a friend

      (3,314 total reviews)
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      Andrew Jassy

      35% approve of CEO

      49% positive business outlook

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      4.0

      Compensation and benefits

      4.0

      Career opportunities

      3.6

      Diversity & inclusion

      2.9

      Culture & values

      2.7

      Senior management

      2.6

      Work/Life balance

      Software Development Engineer I employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,314 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
      3.0
      May 11, 2026

      Great learning opportunities but don't recommend long-term

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      Pros

      - Working with very smart people, you will learn a lot. - Able to work on systems at large scale is challenging and rewarding. - A lot of good internal training resources. - Good to have on your CV - you will find it easier than the average candidate to land interviews at other companies. - Offers one of the best compensation packages in London. Definitely recommend working here for at least a couple years if you're able to meet the bar & handle it as its amazing for long-term career growth, but not worth staying.

      Cons

      - Can be very stressful and demanding, honestly not good for your mental health to work here long-term. - A lot of internal tools are archaic and you won't necessarily be using industry standard technologies, outside of AWS products. e.g. no exposure to kubernetes in my case. - Promotion process is long-winded & manager dependent. If you're not given opportunities to work at the next level on projects then you will struggle, - Depending on org it can be very US-focused. Expect meetings out-of-hours, and it can take days to get traction on problems that could have been solved same-day in the same time-zone, as other teams are more focused on their own priorities. - Sometimes takes a lot of meetings and document reviews to get anything done. - 5 days in office is ridiculous as most competitive companies at least offer hybrid working, and there isn't enough meeting room space in the office for it.

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