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
Aug 16, 2024

Good

Recommend
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Pros

Good pay package Lots of teams and business verticals to choose from

Cons

Bad Work-life balance Stack ranking

4.0
Aug 12, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The compensation is very good compared to other places in my area. The leadership at my particular office is great and reasonable. You work with a lot of very smart and talented people. My manager was one of the best managers I've worked with.

Cons

The work is more complex than any previous place I've worked, which for me translates to more stress. Working with Amazon's suite of sometimes documented internal tools and libraries can be frustrating and working with them means less career-valuable experience with open source tech. There is not a lot of autonomy or iteration for my team -- our projects are handed down from above and planned up front. Working with certain types of HR questions can be a real headache, as phone calls go through a call center where it's easy to get shuffled around to different teams without your problem being solved.

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