Amazon Software Development Engineer II reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(954 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

19% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer II employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 954 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer II professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer II professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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954 reviews
3.0
Oct 4, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Many interesting projects at the company and moving internally is relatively easy

Cons

Lots of shuffling around of resources (people) and you don't always have a lot of visibility into those changes. I've been shifted to new managers without notice multiple times and without consent

1.0
Sep 28, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1. Nice package with huge joining bonus

Cons

1. There is no life to balance 2. Hectic on calls 3. RSU vesting cycle is worst. 80% of the stocks will start vesting during 3rd and 4th year. 4. Tight deadlines and all tasks are critical. 5. Need to work a minimum of 12 hrs to finish the tasks assigned. 6. People in my team never sleeps. Everyone is online till 2 AM.

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