Amazon Principal Software Development Engineer reviews

3.5

47% would recommend to a friend

(115 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

39% approve of CEO

87% positive business outlook

Principal Software Development Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 115 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Principal Software Development Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Principal Software Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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115 reviews
1.0
Dec 4, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Comp is good depending on the level

Cons

Terrible culture, worst managers, micromanaging, unreasonable deadlines by middle managers enforced by army of TPMs, terrible internal tools

4.0
Oct 24, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

* Work on projects which are seen by millions of customers * Generally very smart coworkers * Strong engineering and operations culture

Cons

* Experience is heavily dependent upon your organisation's management; bad managers appear to have a lot of leeway to ruin your life * Recent changes to management and policies (especially but not limited to return to office/return to hub) have significantly reduced trust in higher leadership, and overall satisfaction of staff * The "brutal performance culture" is not a joke and can feel arbitrary at times, which to some degree is accurate

5.0
Sep 10, 2024

Great Company

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexibility, Total Compensation, Opportunity and Work&Life balance

Cons

Read, Write and new docs all the time

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