Amazon Software Engineer reviews

3.5

56% would recommend to a friend

(6,285 total reviews)
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43% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Software Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 6,285 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the IT (Information Technology) industry (3.9 stars).

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6K reviews
3.0
Apr 22, 2026
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Pros

- You will definitely grow as an engineer and leader. - High impact projects

Cons

- No WLB - You can have a great team but the toxic Amazon wide culture eventually breaks through - 5 Day RTO/Micro-management - Crappy benefits - Everything is urgent but impossible to meet deadlines due to bureaucracy - Proprietary technologies that are not beneficial to long-term growth - Regular layoffs

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