Amazon Sr. Software Engineer reviews

3.5

64% would recommend to a friend

(729 total reviews)
avatar

Andrew Jassy

44% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Sr. Software Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 729 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Sr. Software Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Sr. Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

729 reviews
4.0
Jun 26, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- good ownership/autonomy - interesting challenges at work - good developer experience - nice team/ collab

Cons

- slow-moving at times, more meetings than necessary - hyper excitement from managers who treat AI like a silver bullet - lower learning to time ratio - less exposure to industry wide tools and open source products

Viewing 1 - 3 of 729 Reviews

Glassdoor has 251,104 Amazon reviews submitted anonymously by Amazon employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if Amazon is right for you.