Amazon Software Development Engineer reviews

3.5

55% would recommend to a friend

(3,335 total reviews)
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39% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

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. 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
3.0
Aug 11, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Opportunity to work on systems on massive scale

Cons

There is no work-life balance for SDEs at Amazon. You are expected to respond to issues 24/7

4.0
Jun 23, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great enthusiasm to succeed and get problems solved. Highly intellectual people to work with and really helpful team mates.

Cons

Unnecessary complexity for problems. Burden of getting job done really big. No loosening time for freshers.

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