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
5.0
Nov 17, 2017

Surprisingly Better!

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1. Challenging work and hence you learn a lot. 2. Not that stressful as I had heard about. But it depends on the team.

Cons

1. A lot less official holidays

5.0
Nov 1, 2017

greate company

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

gives good amount of shares

Cons

oncall is a little painful at times

2.0
Oct 29, 2017

Experience heavily dependent on Team

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Some of the people are bright and driven The company is growing fast and there is room for career advancement

Cons

Although some people are bright and driven, others have the ego of someone who sees themselves as bright and driven Your manager has a lot of control over your progression and he/she may not even understand basic ideas in software development You may end up receiving personal blame for failures inherited projects but never actually be assigned any time to fix them

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