Is Amazon a good company to work for as a Software Development Engineering?

Software Development Engineering professionals working at Amazon have rated their employer with 3.5 out of 5 stars in 6,791 Glassdoor reviews. This is an average score with the overall rating of Amazon employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Development Engineering Jobs at Amazon now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Development Engineering interview questions at Amazon .

Does Amazon pay Software Development Engineering employees well?

Software Development Engineering professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Amazon with 4.0 out of 5 stars based on 6,791 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 7.8% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Development Engineering salaries at Amazon.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Amazon?

Warehouse Associate (11108) , Warehouse Worker (6907) , Associate (6207) , Software Engineer (6149) , Area Manager (5686) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (3503) , Fulfillment Associate (3405) , Software Development Engineer (3174) , Customer Service Representative (3042) , Program Manager (2475) , Operations Manager (2293) , Customer Service Associate (2215) , Sortation Associate (1865) , Manager (1454) , Process Assistant (1422)

What are the pros of working at Amazon according to real employee reviews?

"Pay is good but not worth the asks made from IT and how they are treated" ((in 19402 reviews)); "Their health benefits is good and their career choice is helpful to start a new career" ((in 13179 reviews)); "A lot of information that is useful and great people to go to when you need something" ((in 7769 reviews)); "The pay: the base salary is good and the sign on bonus was great." ((in 5768 reviews)); "The work culture is good and I never felt that I was new in the company" ((in 4816 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Amazon according to real employee reviews?

"You do work bloody hard and very long hours so there is no work life balance" ((in 10111 reviews)); "You work long hours and not as many breaks as you would like or need at times" ((in 7062 reviews)); "Poor management and it's difficult to get a hold of someone when there's a problem that needs fixing." ((in 6647 reviews)); "There are also bad managers that are rude and do not care about the feelings of their associates." ((in 5201 reviews)); "The company advertises peak season as the long hours and hard push but it really happens routinely throughout the year." ((in 2403 reviews))

Amazon Software Development Engineering reviews

3.5

57% would recommend to a friend

(6,791 total reviews)

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 6,791 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

5.0

Mar 25, 2014

Amazon and AWS - smart people, fun projects, great work environment

Software development engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Smart people who take ownership. Managers who don't get in the way and are above average. In general, you'll learn quite a bit.

Cons

Growing so fast has it's challenges, it can seem somewhat wild, wild west at times. Dealing with and learning the Amazon specific infrastructure can be daunting and feel somewhat tedious. It's still mostly a Java shop.

2.0

Mar 24, 2014

Seems not a long-term company to work at.

Software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I'm working at AWS. The system is well made but also it's complicated enough to let you spend your time only to learn it for a year long.

Cons

It's a sort of survival game here. Also it seems the company doesn't care about employee's departure. There's always many people on the line willing to join the team but once they join the team sooner or later many look for another opportunity. Management layer is filled with non-engineering people who mostly care about numbers. You should expect working more harder here even weekend. Engineers are responsible to everything that includes operations, deployment and on-call support. Which is fine but I don't feel it's that much cooperative environment. Visibility management is a must here.

3.0

Mar 23, 2014

Employees do not get treated the same way as customers.

Software development engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Super-Smart passionate people around you.

Cons

Work-Life balance is very unbalanced. Employee perks are almost non-existent. Operational burden is high.

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