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Amazon Web Services Software Engineer (Software Developer II) reviews

3.6

64% would recommend to a friend

(66 total reviews)
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Matt Garman

41% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Software Developer Engineer II employees have rated Amazon Web Services with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 66 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer Engineer II professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon Web Services is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer Engineer II professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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66 reviews
3.0
Oct 26, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You might be able to afford a house some day. The cafeteria food is pretty good and reasonable priced.

Cons

Mandatory on-call. I've experienced it as frequently as 1 week out of 3 for several months at a time. Some of the teams regularly have their oncall woken up in the middle of the night on most nights for minor issues. A lot of the oncall work could be automated away, but automation never gets prioritized because there is always some upcoming deadline for a big important project. I've been told by multiple people that the "leadership principal" about Amazon striving to be "Earth's best employer" is only for PR and I shouldn't expect anyone to balance it against "customer obsession".

1.0
Aug 12, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

My team is good. Manager is cool. Projects are pretty interesting.

Cons

Amazon S-team is pure garbage. Force "voluntary resignation" to avoid paying for severance if people don't relocate (across states). Now managers have to drop disappointment bombs and "encourage" people to come or relocate. This is getting very toxic

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