Amazon Software Development Engineer reviews

3.5

54% would recommend to a friend

(3,345 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

38% approve of CEO

52% 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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3K reviews
3.0
Mar 29, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good team members Great infrastructure and learning resources

Cons

Management churn Attrition rate is high

3.0
Mar 29, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Company has some amazing challenges in distributed systems and infrastructure engineering. Managers and teams are friendly but the workplace can get challenging at times.

Cons

Facilities are minimal and employer benefits aren't great. Driving to work is a pain exacerbated by the parking situation.

4.0
Mar 21, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There are many great engineers working for Amazon, you can learn a lot while making decent money.

Cons

Burn rate at Amazon is very high, but it is very team specific. The average engineer stays only 1 1/2 years before moving on, which makes knowledge transfers and long term projects more difficult than they should be.

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