Amazon Software Development Engineer reviews

3.5

54% would recommend to a friend

(3,339 total reviews)
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38% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,339 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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3K reviews
4.0
Mar 11, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You get to build stuff. You have to support what you build, talk to customers, etc., but you get real ownership of components and subject matter expertise. If you're good, find a good team - or even better, a good manager - and you'll do okay.

Cons

Way too many terrible engineering choices being made by mid and senior engineers. There's this Big Software mentality that engenders inflexible, one-shot designs - and pressure from all around to ship results as quickly as humanly possible with or without defects. Over time I've seen this in multiple teams and have effected some change, but it is as a few small pebbles in an attempt to alter a river's course.

2.0
Mar 2, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Compensation, business overview and good salary. Nothing else

Cons

No Perks, no work life balance, peer pressure. only deadline specific approach rather than employee centric approach, deadlines getting set before you could provide your estimates. I would say technically Amazon is lagging behind too.

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