Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE2) reviews

3.4

53% would recommend to a friend

(515 total reviews)
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23% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer (SDE2) employees have rated Amazon with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 515 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer (SDE2) professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer (SDE2) professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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515 reviews
5.0
Oct 1, 2021

Amazon

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Culture-driven company. - Good opportunity to develop yourself. - Tons of interesting opportunities for innovative work. - If you don't like your team, or prefer to work on something else, very easy to change.

Cons

- Too much legacy to handle. - On-call obligatory and many times around the clock. - Experience depends a lot on the team you fall into.

1.0
Sep 30, 2021

Legacy code, internal tools

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pros: looks good on your cv

Cons

Cons: legacy code internal tooling unrealistic expectations salary below the market

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