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A great place to get your career started - Machine Learning Engineer Amazon Web Services Employee Review

3.0
Nov 28, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

- Exciting projects - Engineers on the same professional expertise which leads to a healthy growing environment

Cons

Your job at Amazon (no matter how much you love what you do for work) all boils down to the manager. A toxic, unprofessional manager can make or break your career. Lack of visibility from the leadership could stunt your growth and the PIP fear is real. Not to generalize but working under middle managers, unless they are technically sound, could be the most adverse thing to happen to an engineer.

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5.0
Jun 21, 2026
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Pros

Working with latest and greatest technology

Cons

Work life balance is challenging

3.0
Jul 1, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Strong place to be early in your career as it provides valuable training and the brand recognition can create strong future opportunities. - Is great if you’re interested in what you’re doing/selling

Cons

- 5 days in office is not great for work/life balance - If your manager doesn’t like you, good luck! - 401k match is lower than most companies - Base salary compensation is weak compared to other big tech - Leveling/career progression is near impossible due to reorgs leading to a promotion “freeze” - Role can evolve over time in ways that may not align with original job expectations

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