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

Systems Development Engineer II professionals working at Amazon have rated their employer with 3.6 out of 5 stars in 213 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Amazon employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Systems Development Engineer II Jobs at Amazon now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Systems Development Engineer II interview questions at Amazon .

Does Amazon pay Systems Development Engineer II employees well?

Systems Development Engineer II professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Amazon with 4.2 out of 5 stars based on 213 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 12.7% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Systems Development Engineer II salaries and benefits at Amazon .

How happy are Systems Development Engineer II professionals working at Amazon?

60% of Systems Development Engineer II employees at Amazon would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 16% in the past 12 months. Systems Development Engineer II professionals have also rated Amazon with a 3.3 rating for work-life-balance, 4.0 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.3 rating for culture and values and 3.9 rating for career opportunities.

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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 19223 reviews)); "Their health benefits is good and their career choice is helpful to start a new career" ((in 13159 reviews)); "A lot of information that is useful and great people to go to when you need something" ((in 7755 reviews)); "It's a very huge company all around the world and it keep satisfying their employees with good salary and accommodation" ((in 5792 reviews)); "The work culture is good and I never felt that I was new in the company" ((in 4867 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 10024 reviews)); "You work long hours and not as many breaks as you would like or need at times" ((in 7060 reviews)); "Poor management can lead to unnecessary stress and even impact your standing within the company." ((in 6590 reviews)); "There are also bad managers that are rude and do not care about the feelings of their associates." ((in 5170 reviews)); "The company advertises peak season as the long hours and hard push but it really happens routinely throughout the year." ((in 2405 reviews))

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Amazon Systems Development Engineer II reviews

3.6

60% would recommend to a friend

(213 total reviews)

Andrew Jassy

40% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Compensation and benefits

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Career opportunities

3.3

Culture & values

3.3

Work/Life balance

3.1

Senior management

Systems Development Engineer II employees have rated Amazon with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 213 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Systems Development Engineer II professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Systems Development Engineer II professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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213 reviews

3.0

Sep 17, 2025

Great Company to start in Big Tech

Systems development engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Projects, really smart people, scalability, use of AWS. The company you should start working for when you get into the big tech league, it has really strong points such as documentation, project management and things you never thought you'd be working on.

Cons

At this point instead of being the "world's biggest startup" (Jassy's words) it feels more like a behemoth similar to a bank in terms of regulations and bureaucracy. They should fire more managers, at this point most of them are useless

1.0

Jul 29, 2025

PIP culture is real, and it will hit you

Systems development engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Well paying, until it's not.

Cons

Managers are incentivized to lie and create impossible performance goals for ICs in order to push them out. Stressful as hell doing everything you think you can, even when seeking feedback, only to be told it's all wrong.

5.0

Jul 24, 2025

Great team

Systems administrator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great team Benefits Pay well

Cons

no cons for me, I like being part of Amazon

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