Is Amazon a good company to work for as a Software Development Engineer?

Software Development Engineer professionals working at Amazon have rated their employer with 3.5 out of 5 stars in 3,335 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 Engineer Jobs at Amazon now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Development Engineer interview questions at Amazon .

Does Amazon pay Software Development Engineer employees well?

Software Development Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Amazon with 4.1 out of 5 stars based on 3,335 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 10.3% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Development Engineer salaries at Amazon.

How happy are Software Development Engineer professionals working at Amazon?

55% of Software Development Engineer employees at Amazon would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 2% in the past 12 months. Software Development Engineer professionals have also rated Amazon with a 2.7 rating for work-life-balance, 3.6 rating for diversity and inclusion, 2.9 rating for culture and values and 4.0 rating for career opportunities.

What Amazon locations are top rated by Software Development Engineer employees?

Amazon locations which are top rated by Software Development Engineer employees are Boston , Arlington and Bellevue . On the other hand, Amazon locations which have been rated the lowest by Software Development Engineer professionals are San Diego , Los Angeles and Irvine .

What are the top reviewed jobs at Amazon?

Warehouse Associate (11106) , Warehouse Worker (6906) , Associate (6206) , Software Engineer (6142) , Area Manager (5682) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (3503) , Fulfillment Associate (3405) , Software Development Engineer (3172) , Customer Service Representative (3043) , Program Manager (2474) , Operations Manager (2291) , Customer Service Associate (2215) , Sortation Associate (1864) , Manager (1454) , Process Assistant (1421)

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3.5

55% would recommend to a friend

(3,335 total reviews)

Andrew Jassy

39% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Compensation and benefits

4.0

Career opportunities

3.6

Diversity & inclusion

2.9

Culture & values

2.7

Work/Life balance

2.7

Senior management

Software Development Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,335 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer professionals have a good working experience there.

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3K reviews

3.0

Dec 3, 2013

Fast growing company

Software development engineer

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

customer centric, fast growing, agile

Cons

ops load high, old technology

4.0

Nov 26, 2013

Software engineer -- learning lots of things at the early stage of your career, while lacking real senior engineers

Software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

broad Java technical stack high volume hard problems decent payment

Cons

high work load lacking real senior engineers not enough time for development

4.0

Nov 23, 2013

Fast-paced, customer-centric organization with lot of opportunity to learn.

Software development engineer i

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

* Very fast-paced organization with abundant growth opportunity. Within less time, one would get to work on interesting technology, which might not be possible in other organization. * Working with Smart people and on cool projects * Happy feeling a developer when the code he developed, serves millions of customers of amazon.com

Cons

All Developers are On-call on a weekly rotational basis, The person who is oncall is responsible for solving all critical issues on the go. For smaller teams, rotation frequency would be faster and very hectic.

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