Amazon Software Development Engineer reviews

3.5

54% would recommend to a friend

(3,341 total reviews)
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38% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,341 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
5.0
Aug 16, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Many opportunities to grow and to show what you're made of. There are many resources to work, and you have the opportunity to work with extremely talented people.

Cons

Work and challenges can be addictive, the can take a lot portion of your personal time, if you choose to.

3.0
Aug 16, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Not so great work, but good compensation for someone in Chennai

Cons

Too much internal politics and you need to be likeable by your manager to get promoted

2.0
Aug 6, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Parts of the company are doing interesting work (complete with experienced engineers) High level of ownership from the start. Well-known company.

Cons

Contrary to popular belief, the salary + bonus are OK at best but below other companies (Microsoft, Google, Facebook, etc) Other companies pay 20%+ more cash and 50%+ more stock (and this is from hearing from people from my university who went elsewhere, same experience, same school, etc) Awful 401k match (almost nothing) Almost no fringe benefits (you get a transit card and that is it) Below industry standard vesting schedule. Uninteresting work Lots of mediocre engineers have been and are being hired. The bozos are invading. Company lives and dies by how many H1B and T1 visa employees it can find.

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