Is Amazon a good company to work for as a Software Development Engineer (SDE2)?

Software Development Engineer (SDE2) professionals working at Amazon have rated their employer with 3.4 out of 5 stars in 514 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Amazon employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Development Engineer (SDE2) Jobs at Amazon now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Development Engineer (SDE2) interview questions at Amazon .

Does Amazon pay Software Development Engineer (SDE2) employees well?

Software Development Engineer (SDE2) professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Amazon with 4.0 out of 5 stars based on 514 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 7.8% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Development Engineer (SDE2) salaries at Amazon.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Amazon?

Warehouse Associate (11114) , Warehouse Worker (6914) , Associate (6208) , Software Engineer (6162) , Area Manager (5697) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (3510) , Fulfillment Associate (3408) , Software Development Engineer (3179) , Customer Service Representative (3043) , Program Manager (2478) , Operations Manager (2296) , Customer Service Associate (2216) , Sortation Associate (1865) , Manager (1455) , Process Assistant (1422)

What are the pros of working at Amazon according to real employee reviews?

"Pay is good but not worth the asks made from IT and how they are treated" ((in 19503 reviews)); "Their health benefits is good and their career choice is helpful to start a new career." ((in 13193 reviews)); "A lot of information that is useful and great people to go to when you need something" ((in 7769 reviews)); "It's a very huge company all around the world and it keep satisfying their employees with good salary and accommodation" ((in 5801 reviews)); "The work culture is good and I never felt that I was new in the company" ((in 4822 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Amazon according to real employee reviews?

"You do work bloody hard and very long hours so there is no work life balance" ((in 10074 reviews)); "You work long hours and not as many breaks as you would like or need at times" ((in 7042 reviews)); "Poor management can lead to unnecessary stress and even impact your standing within the company." ((in 6655 reviews)); "There are also bad managers that are rude and do not care about the feelings of their associates." ((in 5148 reviews)); "The company advertises peak season as the long hours and hard push but it really happens routinely throughout the year." ((in 2422 reviews))

Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE2) reviews

3.4

53% would recommend to a friend

(514 total reviews)

Andrew Jassy

23% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

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Software Development Engineer SDE2 employees have rated Amazon with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 514 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer SDE2 professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer SDE2 professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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514 reviews

3.0

Apr 3, 2024

Hectic work culture

Sde2 backend

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Money , opportunities , recognition , brand value , learning

Cons

Bad work life balance in company

3.0

Apr 2, 2024

Hectic work life balance

Software engineer ii sde2

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

learning curve is steep, good money making machine

Cons

no work life balance, eveybody is for their promotion

2.0

Mar 22, 2024

Terrible work life balance

Software engineer ii sde2

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good tech stack. Lots to learn if you can survive. Although its doubtful.

Cons

Extreme work conditions. Extremely tight deadlines. You are expected to deliver 2 weeks of work in 1 week. You are expected to work 15+ hours and deliver along with weekends. No regard and respect for employees. Not sustainable at all for anyone sane. You will be over-burdened with work most of the time. No concept of work life balance. Overpopulated place. Nobody has time to chit-chat. Grilling machine. If you're not over worked you're a waste of resource. Working on weekends is a norm at Amazon.

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