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Amazon Web Services

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Good place to start your career - Software Development Engineer Amazon Web Services Employee Review

3.0
Sep 5, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

- High level of independence and freedom, ability to make an impact - Competitive salary - Room for growth and clear plan to advance career

Cons

- Team culture and work-life balance extremely team dependent, often on the bad side - Low level of cooperation between teams. Often feels like many meetings and alignments are needed to get support from other teams. - High oncall and operational load, week-long oncall shifts and expected 2-3 nights a week to be woken up in the middle of the night. Putting out fires takes time away from interesting work. - Very poor benefits compared to competitors (no free food/snacks, very poor 401k match, etc.)

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5.0
Jun 22, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Strong engineering culture, competitive pay, great learning opportunities, and excellent internal mobility across teams.

Cons

Work-life balance can be tough, on-call rotations are demanding, and the pace is fast with high expectations.

3.0
Jul 1, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Strong place to be early in your career as it provides valuable training and the brand recognition can create strong future opportunities. - Is great if you’re interested in what you’re doing/selling

Cons

- 5 days in office is not great for work/life balance - If your manager doesn’t like you, good luck! - 401k match is lower than most companies - Base salary compensation is weak compared to other big tech - Leveling/career progression is near impossible due to reorgs leading to a promotion “freeze” - Role can evolve over time in ways that may not align with original job expectations

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