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      Amazon Web Services Software Development Manager reviews

      2.9

      30% would recommend to a friend

      (60 total reviews)
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      Matt Garman

      14% approve of CEO

      36% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.8

      Compensation and benefits

      3.2

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.1

      Career opportunities

      2.4

      Culture & values

      2.3

      Senior management

      2.2

      Work/Life balance

      Software Development Manager employees have rated Amazon Web Services with 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 60 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Manager professionals have an average working experience there. Amazon Web Services is rated 25% below average by Software Development Manager professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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      60 reviews
      3.0
      Jun 30, 2025

      Highly structured, fast-paced, fairly ruthless but you will learn a lot

      Software development manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Stock price continues to go up, you'll learn how to operate a global service, you work with talented people. AWS generally genuinely care about the customer experience and improving things over time while also adding more and more capabilties. Culture is good in some ways, such as very clear about what it takes to perform at the next level. Huge company and you can transfer to another team as long as you're not being managed for performance.

      Cons

      Employee hostile in many small ways, including how the comp is confusingly structured, limited and going down. Rotating door of talent and teams. Experience is team dependent: if you have a rough ops load or a bad manager you'll have a hard time. Culture is bad in some ways such as throwing all the next level stuff out the window if you don't fit the curve of ratings. Just don't be the slowest deer and the wolves will leave you alone...for now! Internal tools are poor and you'll likely have to learn tons of non-transferrable skills.

      3.0
      Jun 2, 2025

      Day 2 with processes preventing innovation

      Software development manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Talented individuals, from engineering to business development leaders - Comparatively high pay

      Cons

      - Launch checklists for Infrastructure and Platform-as-a-Service the same as Software-as-a-Service, making it impossible to test product concepts with customers and incorporate feedback - Opaque decision making with 80%+ leaders not believing in revenue generation by product, but not voicing for constructive and inclusive strategy discussion

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