Is Amazon a good company to work for as a Software Development Engineering I?

Software Development Engineering I professionals working at Amazon have rated their employer with 3.8 out of 5 stars in 557 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Amazon employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Development Engineering I Jobs at Amazon now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Development Engineering I interview questions at Amazon .

Does Amazon pay Software Development Engineering I employees well?

Software Development Engineering I professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Amazon with 4.1 out of 5 stars based on 557 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 10.3% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Development Engineering I salaries and benefits at Amazon .

What are the top reviewed jobs at Amazon?

Warehouse Associate (11101) , Warehouse Worker (6898) , Associate (6204) , Software Engineer (6126) , Area Manager (5668) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (3495) , Fulfillment Associate (3404) , Software Development Engineer (3164) , Customer Service Representative (3039) , Program Manager (2470) , Operations Manager (2288) , Customer Service Associate (2213) , Sortation Associate (1860) , Manager (1455) , Process Assistant (1421)

What are the pros of working at Amazon according to real employee reviews?

""Pay is good but not worth the asks made from IT and how they are treated"" ((in 19356 reviews)); "Their health benefits is good and their career choice is helpful to start a new career." ((in 13153 reviews)); "A lot of information that is useful and great people to go to when you need something" ((in 7718 reviews)); "It's a very huge company all around the world and it keeps satisfying its employees with a good salary." ((in 5740 reviews)); "The work culture is good and I never felt that I was new in the company" ((in 4820 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Amazon according to real employee reviews?

"You do work bloody hard and very long hours so there is no work life balance" ((in 10106 reviews)); "You work long hours and not as many breaks as you would like or need at times" ((in 7057 reviews)); "Poor management and it's difficult to get a hold of someone when there's a problem that needs fixing." ((in 6655 reviews)); "There are also bad managers that are rude and do not care about the feelings of their associates." ((in 5174 reviews)); "The company advertises peak season as the long hours and hard push but it really happens routinely throughout the year." ((in 2405 reviews))

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Amazon Software Development Engineering I reviews

3.8

59% would recommend to a friend

(557 total reviews)

Andrew Jassy

40% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Career opportunities

4.1

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.4

Culture & values

3.3

Work/Life balance

2.9

Senior management

Software Development Engineering I employees have rated Amazon with 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 557 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineering I professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineering I professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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557 reviews

4.0

Jun 17, 2012

Great learning. salary yet not so good employee satisfaction

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Pros

Compensation is cool. Good joining bonus and stock options (but it is distributed over a substantial period of time as part of emp retention). Great learning about various latest technologies, scalability factors, immediate impact etc.

Cons

Bad employee satisfaction. No one cares about emp workspace / perks (like shuttle / food / sports memberships etc).

4.0

Sep 29, 2011

Work hard 24/7 and have fun when you can

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Pros

Very competent management. Talented and efficient colleagues.

Cons

Huge operational burden and "oncall" pain in most teams. Hard to move up. Difficult to work on big projects from scratch unless yo uare a principle engineer, which is really high up the ladder.

3.0

Sep 18, 2011

Get worked to death, get paid well, and fight incompetence every day

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Pros

- Excellent pay and benefits - Very cool technology - Generally good managers (senior management is another story though) - Flexible hours on some/most teams - Most coworkers are friendly and helpful, with very few exceptions

Cons

- Incompetence on some teams (forgotten deadlines, lack of ownership etc) - Teams are encouraged to release prototypes as production software - Testing is extremely rare/sparse - Unreasonably high expectations come from upper management - Teams are too small to effectively handle their workloads, resulting in high tension and stunted productivity - Weak development hardware - Terrible internal software development tools (fighting with them every day!)

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