Amazon Software Development Engineer reviews

3.5

51% would recommend to a friend

(3,319 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

35% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

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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3K reviews
2.0
Mar 25, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

competitive pay, remote work culture (at the time), really kind team

Cons

Bureaucratic pressures to perform, PIP culture, virtually minimal benefits, no free company snacks or food. Absolute minimum as required by law for benefits

3.0
Mar 23, 2026

SDE I

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of AI tools Can learn a lot about AWS usage

Cons

Poor WLB + oncall shift (no money) Poor benefits Manager will just keep piling up more work and ask you to finish in original planned time

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