Amazon Software Development Engineer I Intern reviews in Seattle

4.6

99% would recommend to a friend

(88 total reviews)
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3.0
Jul 18, 2015
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Pros

Smart people to work with. Happy hours for Interns Good pay. Great Opportunities for developers if they want to grow technically.

Cons

Management is horrible. My manager was a micro manager and is mostly piling work to developers. Interns are also expected to work on weekends. Mostly a dull team environment where developers don't talk to each other much. No Food and Snacks. You Basically need to pay for everything

4.0
Jul 5, 2015
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Pros

Amazon engenders an environment that facilitates learning Employees are given a great deal of independence The Downtown Seattle campus is a vibrant, fun place

Cons

Independence of engineers and their projects does not encourage collaboration Employees keep mostly to themselves Frugality can be frustrating at times

3.0
Mar 3, 2015
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Pros

Pays well for an undergraduate intern. 6k per month plus housing. I was in a hotel. Lots of people I knew loved it. Totally depends on your team. Looks good on a resume.

Cons

again this all depends on your team. My experience was long hours with less than clear goals. I was given an absurdly difficult assignment. This was later cut down but only after I wasted 3 weeks trying to solve it. (Significant portion of 12 week internship). The assignment was not possible with the code base I was working with. I got off the project only after I showed my manager that it would require a total refactoring (think 5 people working for 6 months) to get it working. The assignment I was given to replace the previous one was vague. It was boring. I did it but I hated it.

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