Amazon Software Developer reviews

3.5

55% would recommend to a friend

(6,269 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

43% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Software Developer Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 6,269 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the IT (Information Technology) industry (3.9 stars).

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6K reviews
2.0
Mar 31, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Have good engineering problems to solve

Cons

bad toxic work culture and politics inside company. stack ranking based on favouritism

2.0
Mar 31, 2026

Thrashy

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

money (depending on stock appreciation)

Cons

politics, work life balance, thrash constantly

2.0
Mar 30, 2026

Average company

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Big company, sometimes fun and impactful project

Cons

Office politcs do exist as well as dealing with unnecessary backstabbing

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