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 3.7 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 (11106) , Warehouse Worker (6905) , Associate (6204) , Software Engineer (6138) , Area Manager (5678) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (3500) , Fulfillment Associate (3405) , Software Development Engineer (3171) , Customer Service Representative (3041) , Program Manager (2473) , Operations Manager (2291) , Customer Service Associate (2214) , Sortation Associate (1863) , 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 19311 reviews)); "good benefits you have to get good benefits because everything else at amazon is terrible!!" ((in 13173 reviews)); "A lot of information that is useful and great people to go to when you need something" ((in 7766 reviews)); "It's a very huge company all around the world and it keep satisfying their employees with good salary and accommodation" ((in 5825 reviews)); "The work culture is good and I never felt that I was new in the company" ((in 4871 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 10100 reviews)); "You work long hours and not as many breaks as you would like or need at times" ((in 7030 reviews)); "Poor management can lead to unnecessary stress and even impact your standing within the company." ((in 6629 reviews)); "There are also bad managers that are rude and do not care about the feelings of their associates." ((in 5177 reviews)); "The company advertises peak season as the long hours and hard push but it really happens routinely throughout the year." ((in 2439 reviews))

Amazon Software Development Engineering I reviews

3.7

59% would recommend to a friend

(557 total reviews)

Andrew Jassy

40% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

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Software Development Engineering I employees have rated Amazon with 3.7 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

Nov 3, 2021

Work hard

Software development engineer i

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Learn a lot - Interact with AWS - Grow opportunities

Cons

- oncall rotation - tight deadlines - management request a lot estimations that take time to make and this time is not taken into account, so you have to make up for that time

4.0

Oct 6, 2021

Great Place to Learn

Software development engineer i

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great pay Surrounded by top-notch engineers Work on software that is used at a huge scale Learn how to build/maintain production software

Cons

Won't be easy A lot of maintenance work You'll spend a lot of time working on relatively simple tasks

3.0

Oct 2, 2021

Great career growth, but mediocre WLB

Software development engineer i

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- great career growth - fast paced - opportunities to own big projects

Cons

- WLB highly depends on the team - ops load can be pretty bad - PIP culture - deadline pressure

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