Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE1) reviews

3.6

67% would recommend to a friend

(568 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

55% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer (SDE1) employees have rated Amazon with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 568 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer (SDE1) professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer (SDE1) professionals compared to other employers within the IT (Information Technology) industry (3.9 stars).

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568 reviews
5.0
Jun 21, 2019

SDE1

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Really great Tech stack. Great work.

Cons

I don't find any cons

1.0
Jun 17, 2019

Avoid Amazon

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You will learn to be mentally strong.

Cons

Manager does not care about employees. Heavy oncall.

4.0
May 27, 2019

Software development engineer

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1. Opportunity to learn and grow. 2. Lot of diverse areas to work in 3.

Cons

1. Incompetent managers, technical skills not required as a manager 2. Most of the teams are legacy and filled with dirt. 3. Employees are valued very less and good talent is ok to be let go.

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