Amazon Software Development Engineering I reviews

3.8

59% would recommend to a friend

(557 total reviews)
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40% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

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 2, 2010
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Pros

good salary compared to peers. one of the best work in the industry. professionally good growth both in the company and out side the company.

Cons

not a good office environment. cramped space. worst office location choosen.

3.0
Mar 18, 2010
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Pros

Senior management makes the right decisions and promotes innovation. Its rare to fine a company with such great vision. An obsession with the customer means that more often than not the right thing is done.

Cons

The org is massive. There is a lot of red tape to fight through to even get the simplest task done. Schedules are constantly hijacked and feature creep is rampant. The release process needs to be refined and groups held more accountable for their deliverables. Frugality is often overly practiced at the cost of productivity.

4.0
Jan 13, 2009
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Pros

I highly recommend Amazon. As an engineer, you have a vast amount of resources and tools to get the job done and the infrastructure is such that you don't have to bug IT to install this and that on your servers (unlike other companies). Your team takes ownership of almost every aspect of your product, so there is a lot of opportunity to improve how it runs with limited red tape. There is a huge emphasis on working on large-scale systems which is both fun and an educational experience.

Cons

As owner of your product, your team will also respond to downtime, most likely with a pager rotation. Depending on your team, you might experience some micromanagement from the Senior Management, but in my experience it happened on an occasion rather than constant basis. Also, sometimes the autonomy that teams have can be detrimental to cooperation. Some times work is duplicated instead of shared properly.

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