Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE2) reviews

3.3

48% would recommend to a friend

(509 total reviews)
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23% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer SDE2 employees have rated Amazon with 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 509 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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509 reviews
2.0
Mar 22, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Good tech stack. Lots to learn if you can survive. Although its doubtful.

Cons

Extreme work conditions. Extremely tight deadlines. You are expected to deliver 2 weeks of work in 1 week. You are expected to work 15+ hours and deliver along with weekends. No regard and respect for employees. Not sustainable at all for anyone sane. You will be over-burdened with work most of the time. No concept of work life balance. Overpopulated place. Nobody has time to chit-chat. Grilling machine. If you're not over worked you're a waste of resource. Working on weekends is a norm at Amazon.

5.0
Mar 16, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good quality work is easy to find since you can switch teams. Pay is also fairly good for the skills needed to crack the interview.

Cons

Toxic culture. Incompetent managers - they're given a lot of powers and they love to abuse it. Nobody trusts anyone. PIP system breeds backstabbing culture. Middle management is incredibly incompetent. Some old fart engineers who got promoted years back are keeping the lights on.

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