Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE1) reviews

3.6

67% would recommend to a friend

(568 total reviews)
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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
1.0
Mar 9, 2016

High burn out rate

Recommend
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Pros

You will be working with very talented and smart people. People are not afraid to throw out all of their ideas, which makes design meetings and teamwork fun and challenging.

Cons

There is terrible work/life balance at this company. You are expected to put in long hours to stay on top of the curve. Less cool employee perks than other large tech companies. Pay is lower than other large tech companies.

5.0
Feb 28, 2016

SDE

Recommend
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Pros

Big company, famous company, can learn lots of things to improve myself

Cons

Manager level is tough and rude, no management skills at all. not good for life and work balance. get phone call at 3:00am of midnight, lower pay, cheap company

5.0
Feb 5, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Smart people around you! Lots of options to learn Freedom of technologies and development process to use Good hardware! Good insurance and bonuses!

Cons

Aggressive timelines Work-life balance will suffer if you wish to pursue your career here Challenging to build a career as it is up to you to drive it completely high turnaround - not everyone can keep at such pace

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