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      3.5

      58% would recommend to a friend

      (953 total reviews)
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      Andrew Jassy

      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
      5.0
      May 12, 2009

      Amazon is a great place to work

      Software development engineer ii
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      Pros

      A challenging problem space with a lot of opportunity to develop interesting and complex problems. It is a company filled with great people with good ideas who have a passion for developing software. The compensation is good and competitive. The work life balance is excellent. Telecommuting is welcomed. Hours are flexible.

      Cons

      Infrequent on-call duty for operational support. Poor knowledge sharing within the company. Outdated platforms and technologies in use. Occasionally, the need arises for late night support work. The operational burden of owning software is a both a plus and a minus for the company.

      4.0
      Apr 23, 2009

      Truly dedicated to the Customer.

      Software development engineer ii
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      Pros

      High pay for Seattle, which is not the cheapest but definitely not the most expensive city. As a software developer there can be a lot of leeway for technologies used. A single engineer can be involved in all aspects of product life cycle, there's little division of labor. UI, schema design, implementation, testing, maintenance... High hiring standards have paid off - your peers are very competent and many downright inspiring. The company really does make long-term strategic commitments and stick to them. Employees truly do frame meetings around "so how is this good for the customer?"

      Cons

      Hours can be long. Pager-duty is a burden. (Both of these vary widely by group). Company-wide, there's not much room for promotion on the technical track (doesn't mean you can't get a raise or large RSU grant). Praise doesn't come easily. 401k match is a garbage 2% of salary. Absolutely no support for continuing education.

      3.0
      Feb 28, 2009

      Come here to work hard, have no social life, get treated unfaily by management BUT have a bigger bank balance

      Software development engineer ii
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      Pros

      The compensation package, provided you negotiate it at time of getting hired. Opportunity to work with the best e-commerce platform out there, and you will learn a LOT. Great name to have in resume

      Cons

      The hours are brutal with little regard to work-life balance, especially if the team consist mainly of unmarried engineers. Over emphasis on agile development methodologies. QA and operational (aka midnight pager beeping) burden on developers. Management not interested in career growth and is short sighted as to only being concerned about developers finishing that month's work. Lack of morale and mutual disrespect between team members. Definitely not a long term workplace for the non-workaholic

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