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
May 21, 2018

Not good stocks

Recommend
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Pros

Good for growing when you start your career.

Cons

Not good compensation and stocks.

3.0
May 3, 2018

Go to Google

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good comp. Some nice peers. Many career growth opportunity

Cons

Some bad engineers. Bad managers. No perks. Absurd RSU vesting schedule

3.0
Apr 21, 2018

80% Good

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

All the pros of a big company Good insurance(Not super cheap, but accepted everywhere) Benefits for non-married couple partners Cutting-edge technology Working with Smart people A lot to learn Good pay(you don't have to be #1 to be good) A clear leader in many Tech areas You can have huge impact

Cons

Long hours Some teams can really lack american culture For some reason employees don't trust the confidential surveys so they either don't do them or artificially always say things are going well management will lose out on good feedback Large teams have large team politics Despite having many good people working together there can still be massive gaps in ability which can cause issues

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