Amazon Software Development Engineer reviews

3.5

54% would recommend to a friend

(3,345 total reviews)
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37% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,345 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
Jul 18, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

* You get a lot of control over what you work on, and you feel like you can make an impact

Cons

* Requires being hugely motivated and self-driven. Doesn't work for everyone, and it feels you can get left behind fairly easily.

4.0
Jul 2, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Smart people - I've learned many things over the two years being with the company - Strong engineering culture

Cons

Bureaucracy (big org) Politics Comp isn't great

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