Is Amazon a good company to work for as a Software Development Enginner-||?

Software Development Enginner-|| professionals working at Amazon have rated their employer with 3.5 out of 5 stars in 2,826 Glassdoor reviews. This is an average score with the overall rating of Amazon employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Development Enginner-|| Jobs at Amazon now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Development Enginner-|| interview questions at Amazon .

Does Amazon pay Software Development Enginner-|| employees well?

Software Development Enginner-|| professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Amazon with 4.1 out of 5 stars based on 2,826 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 10.3% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Development Enginner-|| salaries at Amazon.

How happy are Software Development Enginner-|| professionals working at Amazon?

53% of Software Development Enginner-|| employees at Amazon would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 4% in the past 12 months. Software Development Enginner-|| professionals have also rated Amazon with a 2.6 rating for work-life-balance, 3.5 rating for diversity and inclusion, 2.8 rating for culture and values and 4.0 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Amazon?

Warehouse Associate (11112) , Warehouse Worker (6913) , Associate (6208) , Software Engineer (6159) , Area Manager (5694) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (3508) , Fulfillment Associate (3407) , Software Development Engineer (3179) , Customer Service Representative (3043) , Program Manager (2478) , Operations Manager (2295) , Customer Service Associate (2216) , Sortation Associate (1865) , Manager (1455) , Process Assistant (1422)

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 19408 reviews)); "Their health benefits is good and their career choice is helpful to start a new career." ((in 13270 reviews)); "A lot of information that is useful and great people to go to when you need something" ((in 7781 reviews)); "It was a WFH 3 months contract role.This role has good salary and perks.It was not so stressfull." ((in 5805 reviews)); "The work culture is good and I never felt that I was new in the company" ((in 4857 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 10069 reviews)); "You work long hours and not as many breaks as you would like or need at times" ((in 7079 reviews)); "Bad management is very common here and very common to have managers who are out of touch with tech." ((in 6691 reviews)); "There are also bad managers that are rude and do not care about the feelings of their associates." ((in 5214 reviews)); "The company advertises peak season as the long hours and hard push but it really happens routinely throughout the year." ((in 2444 reviews))

Amazon Software Development Enginner-|| reviews

3.5

53% would recommend to a friend

(2,826 total reviews)

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37% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

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Software Development Enginner || employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 2,826 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Enginner || professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Enginner || professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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4.0

Aug 22, 2008

A good place to cut your teeth!

Software development engineer

Recommend

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Pros

Everyday at Amazon was a challenge, but in a good way. I enjoyed the people a lot...and there were a lot of interesting people that worked in Seattle. The development community was always there to help. Same goes for managers and top execs.

Cons

Used to be a small development shop. It is now a larger corporation, and feels like it. There is a lot of red tape getting things done, especially when projects collide and require the same resources. If it is a "Jeff" project, those always seem to win.

4.0

Aug 19, 2008

It's fun if you make it fun

Software development engineer

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CEO approval

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Pros

1. Challenging problems (depending on which part you work on) 2. Fun environment 3. A lot of "not invented here" -- if you can play it right, you can build quite an engineering portfolio for yourself 4. If you are an adrenaline junkie -- you will enjoy the rush of having to fix a broken website in real-time. 5. Management seems to recognize some failures and is remedying them, slowly but surely.

Cons

1. Boring work (if you don't work in a good group) 2. Too much decentralization -- lots of inter-group bickering that wouldn't happen at other shops 3. Too much "not invented here"

4.0

Jul 26, 2008

Perfect fit for people who like to build, test and maintain their code.

Software development engineer

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Pros

Very good pay compared to the industry. Developers are responsible from design to QA, deployment and maintenance of software. This allows great efficiency and ensures little overhead of dealing with multiple groups on one project. Developers are very good at what they do, and are helpful in general. There are internal tech talks and learning sessions almost every week to keep other developers abreast of what's happening at different units. Most managers came from a technical background; therefore they understand and communicate with developers well. There is little office politics I can see of. Internal transfers are encouraged. This is great because there are always exciting new projects going on within the company.

Cons

Pager duty. Depending on the size of the team, it's usually one week out of six-eight. The rather high turnover rate can be annoying when you need to understand the code written before any current devs joined. The benefits are on the slim side, however the generous stock options somewhat compensate for that.

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