Is Amazon a good company to work for as a Software Development Engineer II?

Software Development Engineer II professionals working at Amazon have rated their employer with 3.6 out of 5 stars in 954 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Amazon employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Development Engineer II Jobs at Amazon now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Development Engineer II interview questions at Amazon .

Does Amazon pay Software Development Engineer II employees well?

Software Development Engineer II professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Amazon with 4.0 out of 5 stars based on 954 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 7.8% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Development Engineer II salaries and benefits at Amazon .

How happy are Software Development Engineer II professionals working at Amazon?

58% of Software Development Engineer II employees at Amazon would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has increased by 4% in the past 12 months. Software Development Engineer II professionals have also rated Amazon with a 2.9 rating for work-life-balance, 3.5 rating for diversity and inclusion, 2.9 rating for culture and values and 4.0 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Amazon?

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What are the pros of working at Amazon according to real employee reviews?

"Pay is good but not worth the asks made from IT and how they are treated" ((in 19134 reviews)); "Their health benefits is good and their career choice is helpful to start a new career." ((in 13201 reviews)); "A lot of information that is useful and great people to go to when you need something" ((in 7739 reviews)); "It's a very huge company all around the world and it keep satisfying their employees with good salary and accommodation" ((in 5751 reviews)); "The work culture is good and I never felt that I was new in the company" ((in 4853 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Amazon according to real employee reviews?

"You do work bloody hard and very long hours so there is no work life balance" ((in 10032 reviews)); "You work long hours and not as many breaks as you would like or need at times" ((in 7024 reviews)); "Poor management and it's difficult to get a hold of someone when there's a problem that needs fixing." ((in 6631 reviews)); "There are also bad managers that are rude and do not care about the feelings of their associates." ((in 5185 reviews)); "The company advertises peak season as the long hours and hard push but it really happens routinely throughout the year." ((in 2396 reviews))

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Amazon Software Development Engineer II reviews

3.6

58% would recommend to a friend

(954 total reviews)

Andrew Jassy

19% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

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4.0

Compensation and benefits

4.0

Career opportunities

3.5

Diversity & inclusion

2.9

Culture & values

2.9

Work/Life balance

2.6

Senior management

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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5.0

Apr 12, 2015

Perfect mix of the agility of a start-up and support from a big corporation.

Software development engineer ii

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Pros

Lots of growth potential; Decentralized organization give freedom to teams to define their processes; Encourage and reward pro-activeness and drive; Surrounded by highly intelligent and effective colleagues; SDE have a lot of power and works full stack; Vancouver location a lot more relaxed and balanced culture compared to HQ; One of the best compensation in the city

Cons

Decentralized means your experience will be based heavily on your team and manager; Lack of structure and training, you are expected to be advocate for yourself; SDE have to do on-call operational duty.

3.0

Mar 30, 2015

Deliver, Deliver, Deliver

Software development engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

*Solid proprietary systems allow for building software services extremely fast and easy *Great opportunity for career growth as Amazon in Toronto is expanding (Continue to go on the route for Software, opportunity to be a Project Manager, and also go down the road of being a manager) *Work with very smart individuals

Cons

*Strong focus on delivery forces developers to think of solutions fast that typically cause maintenance issues 1-2 years down the road (Low quality of code) *There is no such thing as under promise and over deliver since Management's expectation for developers is to pressure them into delivering as much as possible *Work/life balance: On-call on some teams are hectic (pages 2-4 times a week at any time of day). *Remote Office: Being in a remote office in Toronto means late meetings with Seattle and less visibility to Seattle counter parts sometimes impacting promotion cycles. Barely any community feeling.

4.0

Mar 29, 2015

Most challenging job so far - in a good way

Software development engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- tons of smart people - you get the chance to make high value and high impacting functionalities - people listens when you point out the right thing - you manage your own time

Cons

- there are lots of cruft. people moves fast but technical debt grows pretty fast. - it can be quite overwhelming (this might be an understatement) - can be quite tough if you're not used to the industry

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