Amazon Software Development Engineer II reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(954 total reviews)
avatar

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).

Reviews by job title

954 reviews
4.0
Sep 16, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

* great compensation, especially when factoring in 4-year vest of real stock shares (RSU), and benefits * lots of opportunities for learning * many engineering teams are fairly small (6-10) and tend to be independently functioning, so it doesn't feel like a giant sluggish company

Cons

* self-service nature encourages everyone to figure out everything for themselves, works well for some people but not everyone * tendency towards "drink from the firehose," from the time you start until you've had enough -- making sure you don't take on more than you can realistically handle is your problem

4.0
Aug 26, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good access to support, education, and most resources to do our jobs, including software and access to servers and internal resources. Individual teams or groups can be fairly autonomous.

Cons

Especially in the last 5 years, it's feeling a lot more corporate, there's processes and cogs everywhere, and you or your work sometimes get caught in them.

Viewing 559 - 561 of 954 Reviews

Glassdoor has 251,023 Amazon reviews submitted anonymously by Amazon employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if Amazon is right for you.