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Amazon Web Services Software Development Engineer (SDE) reviews

3.4

51% would recommend to a friend

(454 total reviews)
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Matt Garman

52% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer SDE employees have rated Amazon Web Services with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 454 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer SDE professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon Web Services is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer SDE professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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454 reviews
3.0
Feb 22, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Great pay and benefits - Solid tech stack and plenty of projects to work on - Great for career trajectory and experience

Cons

- Oncall rotation can be ridiculous and super stressful (based on team placement) - Layoffs are unpredictable so job security could be better - Pretty noticeable social hierarchy based on position coupled with recognition/ visibility driven managers means you can be kind of bossed around for no good reason other than "leadership principles" (such as "be right, a lot", lol)

2.0
Feb 21, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- good package - stocks and bonus

Cons

- no work life balance - lot of office politics - toxic culture - unclear communication - favoritism - no documentation

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