Is Amazon a good company to work for as a Software Development Engineer?

Software Development Engineer professionals working at Amazon have rated their employer with 3.5 out of 5 stars in 3,319 Glassdoor reviews. This is an average score with the overall rating of Amazon employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Development Engineer Jobs at Amazon now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Development Engineer interview questions at Amazon .

Does Amazon pay Software Development Engineer employees well?

Software Development Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Amazon with 4.0 out of 5 stars based on 3,319 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 7.8% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Development Engineer salaries and benefits at Amazon .

How happy are Software Development Engineer professionals working at Amazon?

51% of Software Development Engineer employees at Amazon would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 10% in the past 12 months. Software Development Engineer professionals have also rated Amazon with a 2.6 rating for work-life-balance, 3.6 rating for diversity and inclusion, 2.9 rating for culture and values and 4.0 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Amazon?

Warehouse Associate (11079) , Warehouse Worker (6892) , Associate (6192) , Software Engineer (6093) , Area Manager (5648) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (3487) , Fulfillment Associate (3401) , Software Development Engineer (3157) , Customer Service Representative (3036) , Program Manager (2460) , Operations Manager (2278) , Customer Service Associate (2210) , Sortation Associate (1857) , Manager (1451) , Process Assistant (1418)

What are the pros of working at Amazon according to real employee reviews?

"Pay is good but not worth the asks made from IT and how they are treated" ((in 19134 reviews)); "good benefits you have to get good benefits because everything else at amazon is terrible!!" ((in 13126 reviews)); "A lot of information that is useful and great people to go to when you need something" ((in 7794 reviews)); "It was a WFH 3 months contract role.This role has good salary and perks.It was not so stressfull." ((in 5778 reviews)); "The work culture is good and I never felt that I was new in the company" ((in 4815 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Amazon according to real employee reviews?

"You do work bloody hard and very long hours so there is no work life balance" ((in 10030 reviews)); "You work long hours and not as many breaks as you would like or need at times" ((in 7088 reviews)); "Bad management always yelling at employees the turn around ratio of hiring and letting people go is really awful." ((in 6646 reviews)); "There are also bad managers that are rude and do not care about the feelings of their associates." ((in 5157 reviews)); "The company advertises peak season as the long hours and hard push but it really happens routinely throughout the year." ((in 2398 reviews))

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3.5

51% would recommend to a friend

(3,319 total reviews)

Andrew Jassy

35% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

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4.0

Compensation and benefits

4.0

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3.6

Diversity & inclusion

2.9

Culture & values

2.7

Senior management

2.6

Work/Life balance

Software Development Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,319 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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4.0

Aug 7, 2008

Startup or Corporate? Maybe both.

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Pros

Interesting technologies, great new projects, with tremendous positive impact on the customer. It's a great place to learn about how to run a business. You can have exposure to as many facets as you please. It's relatively easy to move internally. Lots of great people who work in this company.

Cons

Operational load. It is assumed that employees also take on operational duties off hours during a prescribed rotational schedule. Depending on your team, this could be very taxing. Ideas a sought after, but they are rarely pursued, it is very hard to turn an idea into a product in any company but Amazon is still more corporate than startup in this aspect.

4.0

Jul 26, 2008

Perfect fit for people who like to build, test and maintain their code.

Software development engineer

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Pros

Very good pay compared to the industry. Developers are responsible from design to QA, deployment and maintenance of software. This allows great efficiency and ensures little overhead of dealing with multiple groups on one project. Developers are very good at what they do, and are helpful in general. There are internal tech talks and learning sessions almost every week to keep other developers abreast of what's happening at different units. Most managers came from a technical background; therefore they understand and communicate with developers well. There is little office politics I can see of. Internal transfers are encouraged. This is great because there are always exciting new projects going on within the company.

Cons

Pager duty. Depending on the size of the team, it's usually one week out of six-eight. The rather high turnover rate can be annoying when you need to understand the code written before any current devs joined. The benefits are on the slim side, however the generous stock options somewhat compensate for that.

3.0

Jul 22, 2008

Amazon - have fun, work hard, make history

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Pros

Very bright people. I have never been bored. You can see the results of your work quickly. Innovation is encouraged. Developers have the opportunity to use new technologies. The private book signings with authors that are offered to employees are great.

Cons

There is too much work for too few people. On-call is onerous. Whether you have a good job is determined by whether you are lucky enough to have a good boss. The management is young, and can lack experience. The operational burden that falls on software development engineers can be very distracting. While there is work on improving tools, the spin up for using proprietary tools can be difficult.

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