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
3.0
Aug 27, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

You'll work with the smartest and fiercest engineers. At amazon, you are not working with the other engineers, you are working against them. You get a masterclass in politics. It also has a very high learning curve. My team used to work 13 hours a day on avg.

Cons

You will lose your hair (literally) and may develop back problems (happened with an SDE 1 in my team). The artificial deadlines will literally kill you. The leadership in my team was bumbling around pinning blame on engineers which led to firing of 4 engineers over time. And 5 others left on their own.

5.0
Aug 25, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Good pay - Impactful work and have large customer base for most of the products - Good WLB (at least in my team) - Friendly and casual work culture - Even with relocation, team change is easy

Cons

- Fast culture & decisions are quick - No standard culture thats why culture varies by team to team

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