Amazon Software Engineer reviews

3.5

55% would recommend to a friend

(5,416 total reviews)
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42% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Software Engineer I employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 5,416 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer I professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer I professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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3.0
Feb 8, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Amazon.com does give stock option or stock rewards very generously as a singing bonus offer, and even entry level engineer will get some substantial amount.

Cons

Almost every SDE has to carry a pager and there is an on-call rotation for every team. Not good if you have a family.

4.0
Jan 26, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

job security good work environment fun place to work easy access to resources good for freshers

Cons

low salary...need to change the policies..., make some changes for work culture and give some more liberty to the people/employees

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