Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE1) reviews

3.6

67% would recommend to a friend

(568 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

55% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer (SDE1) employees have rated Amazon with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 568 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer (SDE1) professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer (SDE1) professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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568 reviews
3.0
Jan 5, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of opportunities to work on different interesting projects and teams. Relatively good emphasis on best engineering practices and bar. New teams constantly cropping up and looking for engineers.

Cons

Compensation is sub-par compared to Facebook, Google and other Triple-A Companies. (Vesting Schedule and Compensation Band is a joke) “Transparent” & “Self-Driven” Promotion Document and Process is laughable as it only adds more bureaucratic obstacles (aka B.S) before one can even get considered for promotion - In the end, still requires manager to fight for your promotion (and whether your perceived projects have enough impact and fills all Engineering “Trackers”) Oncall duties can range from annoying to overwhelming depending on the team.

4.0
Dec 18, 2017

SDE

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

No politics and flat hierarchy

Cons

Too much stress sometimes specially when new here.

3.0
Dec 8, 2017

Mediocre to Bad

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Its amazon opportunity to shift to seattle

Cons

Teams are not too elegant Slow work Too much Hierarchy Bad , like really bad work

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