Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE2) reviews

3.3

50% would recommend to a friend

(507 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

25% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer SDE2 employees have rated Amazon with 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 507 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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507 reviews
4.0
Apr 3, 2019

Good Learning

Recommend
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Pros

Very structured and process oriented environment.

Cons

Too much operational work. No work life balance.

4.0
Mar 30, 2019

Hey

Recommend
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Pros

Fast growth. Start up culture. Start up culture Start up culture

Cons

More work. No extra facilities. Compensation is ok.

5.0
Mar 11, 2019

Great Company

Recommend
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Pros

Big data problems. Changes affect thousands to millions of customers. Empowers engineers to make decisions based on data and doesn't berate for the wrong decision; Allows them to correct and learn. You'll never feel stupid or unprepared. You are allowed to admit you don't know things and people will jump in to help you. They aren't a large company that "everyone is just a number". You are always treated respectfully and it's a work hard, play hard type of environment.

Cons

Takes a while to onboard and learn their systems because it's a large tech landscape. It's all highly engineered and well thought out, but you'll feel stupid at first. They have lots of acronyms for everything that take a couple of months to get used to. But this isn't really a "con" because you'll be learning from the best. Check your ego at home when you start with Amazon because you're going to meet a lot of really smart people that are more than happy to help you step it up to the level of a trillion dollar company.

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