Amazon Software Development Engineer reviews

3.5

55% would recommend to a friend

(3,335 total reviews)
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39% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,335 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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3K reviews
2.0
Aug 26, 2025
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Pros

Good pay, great learning opportunities, will help you a lot on the resume

Cons

Be ready to sacrifice WLB (experience may vary based on team/manager), toxic work culture, on-calls can be tough

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