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Amazon Web Services Software Development Engineer reviews

3.5

57% would recommend to a friend

(335 total reviews)
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Matt Garman

34% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer employees have rated Amazon Web Services with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 335 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer 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 professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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335 reviews
3.0
Mar 13, 2023

Hectic job

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Get to learn a lot in a short amount of time.

Cons

No work-life balance. Very hectic and stressful environment.

2.0
Mar 9, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1. Work in itself is interesting 2. The scale at which you operate is unmatched most of the times 3. Some of the smartest people around

Cons

1. Leadership is toxic and can get pretty controlling 2. Pay isn't great as compared to some other companies 3. Performance review cycle is extremely competitive and toxic and doesn't let you breathe 4. Deadlines over Quality (always) 5. Operational pain as oncalls 6. Can get very bureaucratic

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