Is Amazon Web Services a good company to work for as a Software Development Engineer (SDE) II?

Software Development Engineer (SDE) II professionals working at Amazon Web Services have rated their employer with 3.4 out of 5 stars in 687 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Amazon Web Services employees being 3.6 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Development Engineer (SDE) II Jobs at Amazon Web Services now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Development Engineer (SDE) II interview questions at Amazon Web Services .

Does Amazon Web Services pay Software Development Engineer (SDE) II employees well?

Software Development Engineer (SDE) II professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Amazon Web Services with 4.0 out of 5 stars based on 687 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 2.5% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Development Engineer (SDE) II salaries at Amazon Web Services.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Amazon Web Services?

Software Engineer (883) , Solutions Architect (502) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (477) , Cloud Support Engineer (407) , Software Development Engineer (340) , Account Manager (298) , Program Manager (193) , Cloud Support Associate (185) , Data Center Technician (180) , Cloud Support Engineer I (161) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) II (153) , Senior Solutions Architect (140) , Cloud Support Engineer II (131) , Cloud Engineer (128) , Account Executive (118)

What are the pros of working at Amazon Web Services according to real employee reviews?

"Pay is good for an intern and there’s a lot of room for growth because it’s a huge company" ((in 1173 reviews)); "It’s fun and the people are great" ((in 743 reviews)); "Learning is good and salary too" ((in 525 reviews)); "And also it offers good benefits" ((in 493 reviews)); "Very generous with budget (if your team is performing well and the economy is great)" ((in 468 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Amazon Web Services according to real employee reviews?

"No work life balance and you have to write a lot" ((in 912 reviews)); "Poor management can lead to unnecessary stress and even impact your standing within the company." ((in 430 reviews)); "You can get bad managers and or teams which can hinder growth and mental health." ((in 386 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs without notice or explanation (employees encouraged to "focus on work" and not worry about layoff speculation)." ((in 240 reviews)); "Poor leadership and will want to reach pip quota" ((in 237 reviews))

Amazon Web Services Software Development Engineer (SDE) II reviews

3.4

47% would recommend to a friend

(687 total reviews)

Matt Garman

37% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

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Software Development Engineer (SDE) II employees have rated Amazon Web Services with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 687 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer (SDE) II professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon Web Services is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer (SDE) II professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

687 reviews

1.0

Jul 14, 2023

Political and Mismanaged

Software development engineer (sde)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Competitive pay Good benefits Parental leave

Cons

Weak vacation policy Company wants to let go a certain percentage of employees each year to “raise the bar” Politics of prioritization and planning can leave you in a position where you do a bunch of meaningless work that ends up mothballed shortly before launch, resulting in having nothing to show for the year and being put under performance review.

5.0

Jul 9, 2023

Good

Sde-2

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

its a good company to work for

Cons

lot of work.. so brace for that and little higher ops work as compared to other companies

5.0

Jul 9, 2023

great place to work

Software development engineer (sde)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

extreme learning and innovative place

Cons

No identified Cons yet about the same

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