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

Software Development Engineering professionals working at Amazon have rated their employer with 3.5 out of 5 stars in 6,798 Glassdoor reviews. This is an average score with the overall rating of Amazon employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Development Engineering Jobs at Amazon now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Development Engineering interview questions at Amazon .

Does Amazon pay Software Development Engineering employees well?

Software Development Engineering professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Amazon with 4.0 out of 5 stars based on 6,798 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 7.8% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Development Engineering salaries at Amazon.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Amazon?

Warehouse Associate (11108) , Warehouse Worker (6912) , Associate (6208) , Software Engineer (6153) , Area Manager (5691) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (3507) , Fulfillment Associate (3406) , Software Development Engineer (3177) , Customer Service Representative (3042) , Program Manager (2477) , Operations Manager (2295) , Customer Service Associate (2216) , Sortation Associate (1865) , Manager (1455) , Process Assistant (1422)

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 19376 reviews)); "Their health benefits is good and their career choice is helpful to start a new career." ((in 13182 reviews)); "A lot of information that is useful and great people to go to when you need something" ((in 7789 reviews)); "It was a WFH 3 months contract role.This role has good salary and perks.It was not so stressfull." ((in 5815 reviews)); "The work culture is good and I never felt that I was new in the company" ((in 4828 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 10078 reviews)); "You work long hours and not as many breaks as you would like or need at times" ((in 7056 reviews)); "Poor management can lead to unnecessary stress and even impact your standing within the company." ((in 6715 reviews)); "There are also bad managers that are rude and do not care about the feelings of their associates." ((in 5188 reviews)); "The company advertises peak season as the long hours and hard push but it really happens routinely throughout the year." ((in 2410 reviews))

Amazon Software Development Engineering reviews

3.5

57% would recommend to a friend

(6,798 total reviews)

Andrew Jassy

40% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

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Software Development Engineering employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 6,798 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineering professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineering professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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7K reviews

2.0

Mar 31, 2015

A good place to grow but only for short term

Software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good reputation good learning experience optimistic future

Cons

no work life balance frugal culture growing pain poor working environment

3.0

Mar 30, 2015

Deliver, Deliver, Deliver

Software development engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

*Solid proprietary systems allow for building software services extremely fast and easy *Great opportunity for career growth as Amazon in Toronto is expanding (Continue to go on the route for Software, opportunity to be a Project Manager, and also go down the road of being a manager) *Work with very smart individuals

Cons

*Strong focus on delivery forces developers to think of solutions fast that typically cause maintenance issues 1-2 years down the road (Low quality of code) *There is no such thing as under promise and over deliver since Management's expectation for developers is to pressure them into delivering as much as possible *Work/life balance: On-call on some teams are hectic (pages 2-4 times a week at any time of day). *Remote Office: Being in a remote office in Toronto means late meetings with Seattle and less visibility to Seattle counter parts sometimes impacting promotion cycles. Barely any community feeling.

4.0

Mar 29, 2015

Most challenging job so far - in a good way

Software development engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- tons of smart people - you get the chance to make high value and high impacting functionalities - people listens when you point out the right thing - you manage your own time

Cons

- there are lots of cruft. people moves fast but technical debt grows pretty fast. - it can be quite overwhelming (this might be an understatement) - can be quite tough if you're not used to the industry

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