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      Amazon Software Development Engineer II reviews

      3.5

      58% would recommend to a friend

      (955 total reviews)
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      19% approve of CEO

      53% positive business outlook

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      Software Development Engineer II employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 955 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer II professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer II professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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      955 reviews
      4.0
      May 30, 2013

      Software Engineer

      Software development engineer ii
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      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Not a lot of politics. A good environment for solving problems and building cool things. Great internal tools, both for deploying and building services and for data storage, etc.

      Cons

      For a tech company, there is a large business side. This means you spend more time than you'd want trying to convince and work with the business instead of just creating cool products.

      4.0
      Apr 27, 2013

      Push yourself to the limits while dealing with stretched goals

      Software development engineer ii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Amazon promotes leadership skills to every job type and level. It sets clear guidelines as to what is expected out of one's job role to become a good leader. Amazon values its culture fit and put a lot of efforts in hiring people who resonates with these leadership principles. Goal setting is pretty aggressive and pushes people to their limit to achieve that goal. For a young software engineer Amazon has all that is needed to grow in the industry and excel in her career.

      Cons

      Work-Life balance couldn't be maintained all the time since Goals are aggressive. It is in the philosophy to have stretched Goals (and not easy goals) so everybody is under more or less stress. One has to handle this stress in order to survive in Amazon.

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