Is Amazon a good company to work for as a Software Engineer (Software Developer II)?

Software Engineer (Software Developer II) professionals working at Amazon have rated their employer with 3.4 out of 5 stars in 339 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Amazon employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Engineer (Software Developer II) Jobs at Amazon now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Engineer (Software Developer II) interview questions at Amazon .

Does Amazon pay Software Engineer (Software Developer II) employees well?

Software Engineer (Software Developer II) professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Amazon with 4.0 out of 5 stars based on 339 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 7.8% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Engineer (Software Developer II) salaries at Amazon.

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What are the pros of working at Amazon according to real employee reviews?

""Pay is good but not worth the asks made from IT and how they are treated"" ((in 19445 reviews)); "Their health benefits is good and their career choice is helpful to start a new career" ((in 12957 reviews)); "A lot of information that is useful and great people to go to when you need something" ((in 7734 reviews)); "The pay: the base salary is good and the sign on bonus was great." ((in 5825 reviews)); "The work culture is good and I never felt that I was new in the company" ((in 4791 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Amazon according to real employee reviews?

"You do work bloody hard and very long hours so there is no work life balance" ((in 10037 reviews)); "You work long hours and not as many breaks as you would like or need at times" ((in 7077 reviews)); "Poor management can lead to unnecessary stress and even impact your standing within the company." ((in 6653 reviews)); "There are also bad managers that are rude and do not care about the feelings of their associates." ((in 5185 reviews)); "The company advertises peak season as the long hours and hard push but it really happens routinely throughout the year." ((in 2399 reviews))

Amazon Software Engineer (Software Developer II) reviews

3.4

63% would recommend to a friend

(339 total reviews)

Andrew Jassy

20% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

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Software Engineer (Software Developer II) employees have rated Amazon with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 339 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer (Software Developer II) professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer (Software Developer II) professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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339 reviews

3.0

Apr 2, 2026

Smart colleagues and plenty of projects, but promotion struggles

Software engineer ii

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You work with really smart and hard working people. There are so many projects going on all the time that it's never boring. There's always something to improve or learn more about.

Cons

Increasingly difficult to get promoted and raises stagnated meaning no one wanted to take ownership because that just meant more work/stress for the same pay. A ton of projects get finished and then never get used or weren't actually useful in the end. Obviously layoffs means most people are stressed out.

4.0

Apr 1, 2026

Great coworkers and learning, but team experience varies

Software engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- A lot of different, great coworkers - Good learning opportunity

Cons

- Very hit or miss depending on team - Career progression similarly dependent on team

3.0

Mar 29, 2026

Okayish work

Software engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

1. Good salary. 2. FAANG tag

Cons

1. Many teams in India are not doing good work. Less interesting work from US is thrown to India. 2. Lot of re-orgs and leadership changes.

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