Amazon Software Development Engineer II reviews

3.6

58% would recommend to a friend

(953 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 953 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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953 reviews
4.0
Sep 21, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Huge good quality community. Good dev infrastructure , can spend more time in ideas and business specific coding

Cons

Development in teams closely related to business might not be a good experience. Decisions would be biased for the business and people are very frugal and obsessed with business.

3.0
Sep 15, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Incredibly talented and driven people - Non-existent politics - You learn a LOT every day

Cons

- "NO" work/life balance. It is a great company to be in when you are in your 20s and can spend a lot of extra hours - Every mistake gets highlighted in the review - No credit given for going out of your way to do something (because that is expected) - Very poor (read non existent) perks - Very high churn (within one year I was the third most senior member of my team). This means that you have to constantly pitch in to mentor/train new hires (mostly new graduates)

4.0
Sep 6, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Chances to work with brilliant people on products impacting millions of customers. Lots of interesting challenges. Potential for high visibility projects.

Cons

Teams can vary greatly across the company, and many will suck you soul. That said, there are a lot of amazing opportunities elsewhere in the company. Hours can fluctuate wildly. If you're working on a key product, your work/life balance may get destroyed periodically.

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