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      Amazon Software Development Engineer II reviews

      3.5

      58% would recommend to a friend

      (953 total reviews)
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      19% approve of CEO

      53% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.0

      Career opportunities

      3.9

      Compensation and benefits

      3.4

      Diversity & inclusion

      2.9

      Culture & values

      2.8

      Work/Life balance

      2.5

      Senior management

      Software Development Engineer II employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 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
      3.0
      Feb 9, 2011

      Bulk of the work involved running the existing beast, rather than thinking about new innovative solutions

      Software development engineer ii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      1) Great People - Amazon hires the best in the industry 2) Great Technology - With dozens and dozens of 'home grown' systems (both good and not so good) 3) Great Processes

      Cons

      1) Limited exposure to customers, sitting in India 2) Pressure can sometimes get overwhelming 3) The beeping pager in the middle of the night

      5.0
      Dec 28, 2010

      Controlled Chaos -- And I Love It

      Software development engineer ii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Amazon still totally feels like a startup. There's way too much work, way too few people, and endless opportunities to improve things and make a difference. Fortunately the management is good at understanding that they need to balance projects as well as people, so you're never going to be forced into overtime you don't want to do. Working here is a total blast, the pay is good, and the people are awesome.

      Cons

      The chaos can be a bit confusing if you don't enjoy working in that type of environment. It's a very fast paced place, and you have to understand how to balance competing demands for your time and make judgment calls for yourself on what your time is best spent on.

      5.0
      Aug 19, 2010

      Great place to work with strong customer focus

      Software development engineer ii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Amazon.com is a great company to work for. Features are always designed with the customer in mind. Customer trust/loyalty is high. Very short release cycles (less than one month), means that your work has an immediate impact. Many managers were SDEs at some point, so they have reasonable expectations. Easy to switch to different teams working on completely different technologies (must remain with a team for at least a year, but free to move afterwards). Opportunities to move from SDE to management.

      Cons

      Pager rotation - Building a large scale web service with tons of customers, means that any bugs encountered needs to be fixed immediately by the responsible team. Quick release cycles exacerbate this. Rotations are typically split evenly across the SDEs of a team.

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