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

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
4.0
Dec 18, 2017

SDE

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

No politics and flat hierarchy

Cons

Too much stress sometimes specially when new here.

3.0
Dec 8, 2017

Mediocre to Bad

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Its amazon opportunity to shift to seattle

Cons

Teams are not too elegant Slow work Too much Hierarchy Bad , like really bad work

4.0
Nov 27, 2017

SDE-1

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great Learning Curve Exposure to latest tools and technologies Ownership of the work Great projects to work on (Will be team dependent though) Self-learning is highly endorsed Challenging environment to work in Good software development principles followed Team members are helpful and approachable Good compensation Nice prospect of growth

Cons

Work Life balance takes a hit as you are overwhelmed by the amount of work. On-call (a weekly operational maintenance rotation) is hectic. Total ownership of work can be at times frustrating.

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