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Amazon Web Services Software Development Engineer (SDE) II reviews

3.4

47% would recommend to a friend

(684 total reviews)
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Matt Garman

37% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer (SDE) II employees have rated Amazon Web Services with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 684 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).

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684 reviews
1.0
Feb 10, 2026

Run in the opposite direction

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good work and tech driven culture.

Cons

No job security, everything is mis managed and everything becomes P0.

2.0
Feb 4, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Able to work on some of the biggest cloud products offered. Learned a great deal about software design and architecture, the end-to-end development cycle, and how to collaborate with massive teams.

Cons

Promotions are dangled like a carrot for months, or even years. Everyone's manager wants a product delivered yesterday, and they will hound you for updates until it is done. If another shiny product comes along, and takes your manager's attention - your work suddenly gets deprioritized and your days randomized. Then they delay your promotion for not delivering on time. Don't get me started on the on-call.

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