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Amazon Web Services Software Development Engineer II reviews

3.5

56% would recommend to a friend

(100 total reviews)
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Matt Garman

21% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer II employees have rated Amazon Web Services with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 100 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development 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 Development Engineer II professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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100 reviews
5.0
Jan 27, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

* You will learn how to make good docs * You will learn how to work under pressure or heavy pressure

Cons

* Constant fear of marketing yourself. * Your work won't speak of yourself but your frontend work will * Always stay in fear of layoff

3.0
Jan 26, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- When you join an excellent team you'll have the best years of your engineer career. - Working on some of the best technology can put your career in hyper drive - Strong mentorship, and at its core a culture of learning from mistakes - Company really does seem to try its best to improve qualify of life for employees

Cons

- Bad teams or aggressive management can break everything, you can spend years doing great work, only to have it all fall apart before you understand what's happening - Unclear performance targets - Problematic org politics

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