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      Amazon Software Development Engineering reviews

      3.5

      57% would recommend to a friend

      (6,798 total reviews)
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      Andrew Jassy

      40% approve of CEO

      54% positive business outlook

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      Software Development Engineering employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 6,798 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineering professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineering professionals compared to other employers within the IT (Information Technology) industry (3.9 stars).

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      7K reviews
      5.0
      Oct 21, 2014

      Excellent place to be

      Software development engineer ii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Working with newer technologies, working on products that are relevant to customers, good work and life balance, great area to live and have a family.

      Cons

      Dev-ops means carrying a pager from time to time, getting paged at 2 am to fix an issue with your team's software or services.

      4.0
      Oct 18, 2014

      A generally good place with some specific organizations doing great work

      Software development engineer ii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Amazon has a high variability in talent and the kind of stuff it works on. There are places which are working on old legacy and so-yesterday problems and either re-writing them or deprecating old stuff. Same time there are organizations within Amazon that work on really cutting edge technology. You get to choose where you want to work. The best organizations also attract the best talent and are the most challenging places to work. The other places are not so great in terms of talent, but it may be a good choice if one is interested in working on relatively safe things and/or interested in a career in management. You can get paid well either way you go

      Cons

      There is stiff competition and work pressure can sometimes get to you. Managing a career is not so easy and there is not enough transparency. You can find out though if you talk to folks who have been around a long time

      4.0
      Oct 11, 2014

      Dynamic and challenging work

      Software development engineer ii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Each team is run like a startup. Team gets to decide what technologies can be used, how to design and build their systems.

      Cons

      Oncall can be taxing Workplace needs serious improvements. Office spaces are crowded, parking is extremely problematic and no real perks working in the office

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