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 6,794 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 6,794 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 (6909) , Associate (6208) , Software Engineer (6150) , Area Manager (5687) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (3505) , Fulfillment Associate (3405) , Software Development Engineer (3175) , Customer Service Representative (3042) , Program Manager (2475) , Operations Manager (2294) , Customer Service Associate (2215) , Sortation Associate (1865) , Manager (1454) , 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

(6,794 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 6,794 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

5.0

Feb 14, 2015

Great company to work for

Software development engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Fast paced development and release of products and features. It has 'It's the proposal and not the proposer' culture.

Cons

Requires dedication to the team and to the company, especially around holidays. Some teams have on-call rotation that can page you any time of the day.

4.0

Feb 14, 2015

It's okay

Software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good starting salary Company pushes you to grow Teams are small so oncall is manageable

Cons

Work life balance is an issue. An issue mgmt pretends to care about Maternity / Paternity benefits are next to none Year over year salary increases are soso.

5.0

Feb 14, 2015

Great fun place to learn and grow.

Software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- You get to work with amazingly talented and helpful people - The compensation is really good - The office atmosphere is pleasant with lots of fun and games - You take ownership of projects you are working on - A lot of scope for experimenting with new things - Supportive Management

Cons

- Work Life balance may be tough to maintain in some teams at crunch times

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