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

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
2.0
Apr 3, 2026

Alexa Org

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Opportunity to work with very intelligent people on new projects - Excellent for fast career growth due to fast-paced environment and pressure to perform at all times - Opportunity to lead, take initiative, work at a high pace, own cool features and projects - Excellent pay and benefits

Cons

- Collaboration only exists if you're in the in-crowd, otherwise it's fairly toxic. Seniors might throw you under the bus to save themselves - Work-life-balance is non-existent - On-call shifts are heinous - Lack of job security: watch out for Focus/PIP/layoffs every 6 months

4.0
Mar 23, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of smart people, Good Pay. And if you have a good manager you will have a good wlb

Cons

Layoffs are becoming a pattern. Bureaucracy. Hard to get promoted to Senior

4.0
Mar 10, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great pay is the big one.

Cons

Generally your team will have lot of work if not then lot of politics. The PIP culture drives the politics so if not work then appearances start to matter a lot more.

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