Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE) II reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(4,819 total reviews)
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44% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer SDE II employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 4,819 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer SDE II professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer SDE II professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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5K reviews
2.0
Dec 17, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Amazon is a huge company with multiple engineers on a team. You get to learn a lot but you must make sure that you are contributing to others learning as well.

Cons

Amazon can be brutal if you do not perform well. Especially always keep a good rapport with your manager and keep all your artifacts documented and communications/blockers saved over email.

5.0
Dec 17, 2025

G

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Move fast Powerful dev tools

Cons

Nothing feels bad, peers are kind

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