Amazon Software Development Engineer reviews

3.5

54% would recommend to a friend

(3,331 total reviews)
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37% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,331 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 IT (Information Technology) industry (3.9 stars).

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4.0
Dec 30, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Smart peers, Good pay, Freedom and ownership. Amazon had successfully found a formula to satisfy technical talents by including them as part of the business decision making process even though business and customers being the priority one.

Cons

Work-life balance No great opportunity to learn technical skills / learn new stuff ( apart from the project work )

4.0
Dec 26, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1. Need to take ownership of code / service and ample opportunities to explore (depends greatly on the team) 2. Many smart people and lot of learning opportunities.

Cons

1. Pager (On Call duty) 2. had times when there was not a clear vision in my team

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