Amazon Software Development Engineer II reviews

3.6

58% would recommend to a friend

(954 total reviews)
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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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4.0
Mar 18, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You will get to face almost everything you were looking for, technical exposure, customer feedback, fast pace

Cons

Management is not matured and always end up doing micro managing rather than focussing on the most burning issues.

4.0
Feb 25, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Focused on results. Strong business. Diverse business. Lightweight development process. Lots of smart people. Great benefits. Great pay. Seattle is a great city to live and work in.

Cons

Seems hard to get rid of bad people. Some groups are better than others. SDE leveling has too few steps. It's hard to go from level 2 to 3.

4.0
Feb 5, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

*Awesome people to work it and learn from *Great options for changing teams every couple of years (Amazon is working in so many spaces, you can move easily without leaving) *Good opportunity to have more leadership *Amazon is publicly traded so RSUs add to base salary *3-4 weeks paid vacation/sick time per year *Ability to work from home when necessary (sick or run an errand)

Cons

*Depending on your manager, might work long hours *On-Call (pager) duties typically 1 week per month *Annual raises do not keep up with market value *No catered meals

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