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
4.0
Nov 27, 2017

SDE-1

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Pros

Great Learning Curve Exposure to latest tools and technologies Ownership of the work Great projects to work on (Will be team dependent though) Self-learning is highly endorsed Challenging environment to work in Good software development principles followed Team members are helpful and approachable Good compensation Nice prospect of growth

Cons

Work Life balance takes a hit as you are overwhelmed by the amount of work. On-call (a weekly operational maintenance rotation) is hectic. Total ownership of work can be at times frustrating.

4.0
Nov 19, 2017

Good company to start your Career With

Recommend
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Pros

Advanced Technology, AWS Understanding will increase drastically as you work more in Amazon, Good leadership

Cons

Work Environment varies between teams and becomes dull most of the times.

5.0
Nov 18, 2017

A rewarding learning experience

Recommend
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Pros

1. Learn a lot 2. Diversity

Cons

Holidays and vacations are limited Social events almost doesn't exist

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