Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE2) reviews

3.3

53% would recommend to a friend

(506 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

26% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer SDE2 employees have rated Amazon with 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 506 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer SDE2 professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer SDE2 professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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506 reviews
1.0
Feb 12, 2026

Amazon

Recommend
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Pros

1. Fast moving culture 2. High growth

Cons

1. Fast movement culture - brings toxicity and bad politics. 2. Seniors/Managers hold a lot of power. 3. Expectation to work 14+ hrs a day. 4. AI is being taken as a golden key to unlock anything, leadership wants to use AI in everything without thinking. Leading to churns, scalability and maintainability concerns which are then again blamed upon the SDEs for not maintaining high bar.

3.0
Feb 7, 2026

Already a Day2 company

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Incredible growth and learning experience

Cons

A lot of Doc writing BS

2.0
Jan 25, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1. Salary 2. Learning curve is good for new engineers

Cons

Work life balance horrible. Office politics everywhere. Job safety is less, Pip can happen anytime.

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