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Amazon Web Services Software Development Engineer reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(335 total reviews)
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Matt Garman

32% approve of CEO

48% 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
5.0
Feb 15, 2024

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Recommend
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Pros

- best cloud platform - highly intelligent colleagues - fast paced environment

Cons

- can get stressfull for employees

3.0
Feb 12, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Everyone is very smart and a high performer. The money is very good. You can work at a larger scale than anywhere else in the world. If you want to put in extra hours and a lot of extra work, you can advance quickly. You have more input over what you work on than at other companies. You get name recognition on your resume. Lots of diversity and respect for diversity, but almost no DEI-related BS.

Cons

Long hours are common. Pressure to perform is very high, but criteria for success are often fuzzy and sometimes clarified only after. Many legacy systems means a lot of maintenance of the worst and most tedious kind. Everyone has to be on call, and I was paged often during every shift. There is always a fire to put out and never a moment to breathe. So much doc writing and server-type maintenance meant I barely got to code.

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