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      Amazon Software Development Engineer II reviews

      3.5

      58% would recommend to a friend

      (955 total reviews)
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      19% approve of CEO

      53% positive business outlook

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      Software Development Engineer II employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 955 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer II professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer II professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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      955 reviews
      4.0
      Nov 16, 2013

      Software Development Engineer II

      Software development engineer ii
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      Pros

      - Very good exposure to cloud based development and architechtures. - Good place to learn how to deal with high volume systems - A very challenging and intelligent peer group - Lots of learning oppertunities - A clear career plan

      Cons

      - A bit thrifty company. Its their culture.

      2.0
      Oct 24, 2013

      Growing pains/Not for the faint of heart

      Software development engineer ii
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Working with some of the smartest people in the industry. You can make a significant impact much like a startup. Excellent benefits, parking reimbursement etc.

      Cons

      We seem to be doubling our workforce every year which means half the company is new to the company (no exaggeration). The culture of "bias for action" is lost in some groups. People are more worried about CYA than building the product right in a timely fashion. No work/life balance, overload of new hires needing to be mentored at the same time as needing to meet aggressive deadlines is very stressful and is currently causing some churn in the workforce.

      5.0
      Oct 11, 2013

      Work hard yes. Have fun, yes. Make history, I hope!

      Software development engineer ii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Nice atmosphere, good and qualified colleagues, and good principles. I get to work on interesting projects and to decide how to do them: from design to implementation, we do it all ourselves. Some teams work on exciting projects, others work on necessary projects. Less thrilling, but still huge amounts of data or money flows through our software, and it's gratifying to know we make a difference.

      Cons

      Your career seems to be entirely in your hands, and some bars seem pretty high.

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