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Amazon Web Services Software Developer reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(877 total reviews)
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Matt Garman

49% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Software Developer Engineer employees have rated Amazon Web Services with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 877 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer Engineer 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 professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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877 reviews
5.0
Nov 20, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Exposure to large-scale distributed systems and cutting-edge cloud tech that you won’t see in most other companies.

Cons

Workload and on-call can be very demanding depending on the team; burnout is a real risk if boundaries aren’t managed.

1.0
Nov 20, 2025

AWS is brutal

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great infrastructure. Lots of resources to develop quickly

Cons

Poor work/life balance. Intense on-call shifts. Constant pressure from management, layoffs, etc.

4.0
Nov 19, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good work and change for learning and growth

Cons

Poor WLB and sometimes impossible deadlines

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