Amazon Software Development Engineer reviews

3.5

54% would recommend to a friend

(3,339 total reviews)
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38% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,339 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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3K reviews
3.0
Jul 10, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

* Start-up like atmosphere with big company resources. * Great experience with a range of software development environments. * Learn a lot quickly.

Cons

* Oncall rotation can disrupt work-life balance. * Stressful timelines/deadlines. * Very frugal culture/values.

4.0
Jul 7, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good exposure to new emerging technologies & lots of learning

Cons

Often time need to spend on migration, deprecation fixes

4.0
Jul 6, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Amazon is fast-paced. I've worked on several teams within the company, both new and mature, and the push to improve and invent is relentless across the organization. Software teams at Amazon are fairly independent, and feel like startups. That said, working at Amazon gives you access to some of the most intelligent people in the industry, as well as an impressive suite of internal tools.

Cons

The pace of Amazon can be just as draining as it is exciting. Also, the semi-autonomous nature of development teams means that you can have vastly different experiences depending on who you work with and for.

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