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Amazon Web Services Software Development Engineer (SDE) II reviews

3.4

47% would recommend to a friend

(687 total reviews)
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Matt Garman

37% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

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).

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687 reviews
2.0
Oct 14, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Exposure to large-scale distributed systems and AWS cloud infrastructure. Strong resume value that helps with future career opportunities.

Cons

Extremely high turnover. Poor work-life balance with long hours and heavy on-call load. Pay looks good but doesn't match the actual hours worked. No learning support - you must learn new technologies quickly on your own to complete tasks. PIP culture creates competition instead of teamwork. People work in small isolated groups rather than as a real team. Constant turnover and competitive environment make it hard to build supportive relationships.

3.0
Oct 12, 2025

Software Development Engineer 2

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good Pay and very good projects good learning experience

Cons

bad work life balance politics

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