Amazon System Development Engineer reviews

3.6

66% would recommend to a friend

(168 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

63% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

System Development Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 168 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most System Development Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by System Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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168 reviews
4.0
Jan 31, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

- Amazing coworkers, super smart - Supportive leaders - Interesting tools and platforms - Ability to make high impact contributions immediately - Support in learning and growing - Good salary and benefits

Cons

- Arcane processes, outdated tooling, homegrown solutions - Institutional knowledge hard to find and share - Difficult time off policies

4.0
Jan 17, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

People in Amazon really live by their culture. The Amazon leadership principles are really important. A lot of smart driven colleagues. A lot of innovation going on in most teams.

Cons

Pay is lower than the rest of FAANG Poor internal tools for those working in AWS Recruiters are a bit

5.0
Nov 7, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Great culture and standards. - Presence in different areas (retail, cloud computing, space etc). - Great opportunities to grow. - High total compensation.

Cons

There is some extra complexity due to company's scale.

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