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      Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE1) reviews

      3.6

      67% would recommend to a friend

      (567 total reviews)
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      Andrew Jassy

      55% approve of CEO

      62% positive business outlook

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      Software Development Engineer (SDE1) employees have rated Amazon with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 567 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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      567 reviews
      2.0
      Jun 7, 2018

      Don't accept a position below your level and expect to get promoted quickly

      Sde1
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Mature tech environment with tools that don't exist at other companies - Good payout if you can handle staying 4+ years - Easy to transfer to other Amazon teams (people frequently move around the company)

      Cons

      - You're limited to learning and using Amazon's build tools, which are often slow and painful to debug - If you're an acquired company running non-compliant legacy code, you will spend most of your time fixing bugs and working to maintain compliance with Amazon's strict security standards - Equity is worthless if you don't know that you'll stay 4+ years - Promotion process is the worst I've ever seen, and requires a combination of luck, timing, and a manager on your side for you to get the right projects to satisfy the requirements - It takes ages to get even small features released because of strict requirements on testing and documentation (good for customers sometimes; bad for developer sense of accomplishment)

      4.0
      Jun 3, 2018

      Life’s pretty good

      Sde1
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      $$, Smart people, brand (opens doors when you have amazon as experience on your LinkedIn)

      Cons

      Somewhat bad WLB, Lots of ops work pretty much everywhere, good teams just don’t get pages that often but that also means they put in more effort upfront for ops best practices. Promos are pretty hard (esp. L5 to 6). Some managers employ churn and burn strategies but they get caught out in tech surveys and such so if youre on the outside but have a buddy who works for amazon, ask them to check out the results for you.

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