Amazon Software Development Engineer II reviews

3.6

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 3.6 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
2.0
Jul 23, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Challenging and interesting work Customer focused Smart and hard working people Amazon is involved in a lot of industries so it's a good place to learn Initially pay is competitive

Cons

Too much office politics and power plays, leadership principles are often used to suppress opposing views Working with US can be difficult due to time zone differences No bonuses

4.0
Jul 10, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Fast paced, high energy company to work with engineering problems of massive scale

Cons

It's a grind, most people come here to learn and burn out after so many years, hardly any projects that don't have tight, almost unreachable goals.

4.0
Jun 21, 2017

AWS

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Culture in AWS is nothing like the NY time article

Cons

Could use a real coffee machine

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