Amazon Software Development Engineering reviews

3.5

57% would recommend to a friend

(6,791 total reviews)
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40% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineering employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 6,791 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
1.0
Apr 6, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Fast paced, customer driving, smart coworker, cutting edge technology

Cons

On call duty, horrible management and work life balance. Avoid it if you have family, or don't enjoy firing people.

4.0
Apr 4, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Smart people Technically challenging work You can see the impact of your work very directly Relatively low politics, data-driven decisions Good place to learn SOA, Cloud Computing, Machine Learning

Cons

Operational burden: When you're on call you have to carry a pager and spend a week dealing with boring issues instead of coding. Retail industry can get a bit tiresome after a while.

4.0
Mar 26, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Smart people, challenging projects, developer centered. But you have to believe in owning your own quality (because you carry pagers)

Cons

experiences may vary between teams, stack ranking system. Not for everyone

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