Amazon Software Engineer reviews

3.5

56% would recommend to a friend

(6,282 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

43% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Software Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 6,282 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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6K reviews
4.0
Apr 5, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great WLB, Great team culture

Cons

Politics is not so nice

2.0
Apr 5, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of learning opportunities. Great place to improve your skills.

Cons

No wlb Stupid leader. Leaderships(PXT) should use their brains before setting up the goal. - our team is doing 3 prs per week per person. The year end target is 15 prs per week per person. Pay is lower every year.

4.0
Apr 4, 2026

Good company overall

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

decent wlb, easy to switch team and work on what you are interested in

Cons

average pay, no benefits, rto

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