Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE2) reviews

3.3

48% would recommend to a friend

(512 total reviews)
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23% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer (SDE2) employees have rated Amazon with 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 512 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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512 reviews
1.0
Jul 2, 2025

Worst rat race

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

PAy more tax than others

Cons

Worst rat race ever seen

5.0
Jul 1, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

good design competencies and move quickly

Cons

every thing should be documented and tracked

4.0
Jun 20, 2025

Okay

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Not as bad as other review suggest. Depends on team

Cons

Oncall is usually bad especially in AWS

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