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 at Amazon.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Amazon?

Warehouse Associate (11105) , Warehouse Worker (6904) , Associate (6204) , Software Engineer (6132) , Area Manager (5676) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (3496) , Fulfillment Associate (3404) , Software Development Engineer (3168) , Customer Service Representative (3041) , Program Manager (2471) , Operations Manager (2291) , Customer Service Associate (2214) , Sortation Associate (1862) , Manager (1454) , 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 19445 reviews)); "Their health benefits is good and their career choice is helpful to start a new career" ((in 12957 reviews)); "A lot of information that is useful and great people to go to when you need something" ((in 7734 reviews)); "The pay: the base salary is good and the sign on bonus was great." ((in 5825 reviews)); "The work culture is good and I never felt that I was new in the company" ((in 4791 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 10037 reviews)); "You work long hours and not as many breaks as you would like or need at times" ((in 7077 reviews)); "Poor management can lead to unnecessary stress and even impact your standing within the company." ((in 6653 reviews)); "There are also bad managers that are rude and do not care about the feelings of their associates." ((in 5185 reviews)); "The company advertises peak season as the long hours and hard push but it really happens routinely throughout the year." ((in 2399 reviews))

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3.8

59% would recommend to a friend

(557 total reviews)

Andrew Jassy

40% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

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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

5.0

Aug 22, 2022

Awesome place to grow

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Learn a lot about the industry, great office amenities, free coffee, M1 Pro macbook, great pay

Cons

Not great WLB, high impact work can be stressful

5.0

Aug 19, 2022

Great culture

Software development engineer i

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CEO approval

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Pros

- Tons of growth opportunities. Lots of available training and scopes of work - Great culture - Focus on work life balance. No expectation to work over 40 hours a week (besides when on call, potentially) - Great pay - Extremely transparent promotion requirements and process - Extremely lax WFH policies on every team I’ve talked to. On my team, I WFH every day and only come in occasionally for team events

Cons

- All SDEs are on call sometimes (rotates through each engineer on the team). But unless you’re on a particularly bad team you should be okay

4.0

Aug 17, 2022

Great for Career Growth

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Pros

- You will be supported and guided as long as you're communicative with your team and managers - You're encouraged to take risks and do new and interesting things when you have ideas - You're generally compensated quite well as an SDE and there are clear paths towards promotion and better comp

Cons

- Working for Amazon - Expectations will become higher and higher over time. This can be seen as a pro or con, but will certainly push you to improve - You can be made to work more than 40 hour weeks, depending on what team you're on/what org you're a part of. I'm lucky enough to not have this problem at my team/org, but have heard several stories of others having to work 50 or 60 hour weeks when big deadlines are coming.

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