Amazon Software Development Engineer reviews

3.5

54% would recommend to a friend

(3,345 total reviews)
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37% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,345 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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4.0
Aug 31, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Casual work culture, no time restriction just complete the work in given deadline, have amazing internal tools for you to work with, can learn a lot in very short time,

Cons

Its a fast growing company so ultimately employees have to work really hard and do over time to maintain the pace, maintaining the balance between work and life is really hard.

5.0
Aug 27, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Real ability to impact the business. If you have an idea, you can act on it. Management does a good job of presenting opportunities and reacts to feedback.

Cons

Work life balance can be very one sided every once in a while. It really depends on what phase of the project you're in.

5.0
Aug 27, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Before my internship, I didn't have a very high expectation. A lot of people said on Internet that Amazon doesn't care much about its employee. But after my intership, I think Amazon is Amazing. Everyone is super helpful here and I learned a lot from them. The work time is flexible and we can even work from home one day a week. Amazon organizes many activities for interns, such as movies or picnics. Also, Seattle is a great city (in summer) with lots of fun places to visit.

Cons

The salary is a little lower than bay area companies. But bay area has higher tax, so the difference is no t that much.

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