Is Amazon a good company to work for as a Software Development Engineer III/Senior Engineer?

Software Development Engineer III/Senior Engineer professionals working at Amazon have rated their employer with 3.5 out of 5 stars in 20 Glassdoor reviews. This is an average score with the overall rating of Amazon employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Development Engineer III/Senior Engineer Jobs at Amazon now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Development Engineer III/Senior Engineer interview questions at Amazon .

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What are the pros of working at Amazon according to real employee reviews?

""Pay is good but not worth the asks made from IT and how they are treated"" ((in 19516 reviews)); "Their health benefits is good and their career choice is helpful to start a new career." ((in 13308 reviews)); "A lot of information that is useful and great people to go to when you need something" ((in 7710 reviews)); "It's a very huge company all around the world and it keep satisfying their employees with good salary and accommodation" ((in 5825 reviews)); "The work culture is good and I never felt that I was new in the company" ((in 4815 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Amazon according to real employee reviews?

"You do work bloody hard and very long hours so there is no work life balance" ((in 10094 reviews)); "You work long hours and not as many breaks as you would like or need at times" ((in 7037 reviews)); "Their management is poor and has many problems that you may have never seen before." ((in 6680 reviews)); "There are also bad managers that are rude and do not care about the feelings of their associates." ((in 5180 reviews)); "The company advertises peak season as the long hours and hard push but it really happens routinely throughout the year." ((in 2410 reviews))

Amazon Software Development Engineer III/Senior Engineer reviews

3.5

0% would recommend to a friend

(20 total reviews)

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Software Development Engineer III/Senior Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 20 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer III/Senior Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer III/Senior Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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3.0

Jul 10, 2016

Administrative Assistant III

Administrative assistant iii

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Benefits, relocation flexibility, I've meet some wonderful people that I am still in touch with even after they've left.

Cons

The hours could be better and I wish there were more opportunities to include your families. Wish I could spend more time with my family.

5.0

May 20, 2014

Excellent Working Environment

Software development engineer iii/senior engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

The compensation is great. The work-life balance varies, though generally is good. They take personal growth seriously: Constructive feedback given often to ensure you have a chance to reach your potential. Under the right circumstances they'll also let you work from home, which is awesome. They take the the Amazon Leadership Principles very seriously, and it's a good list. Google for it; they won't let me add a link here.

Cons

The times when management has decided on a deadline can mean overtime. This hasn't happened a lot to me yet, but it's happened once in 8 months at least.

4.0

Apr 2, 2014

The largest startup in the world

Software engineer iii

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

1. Good pay at higher levels (SDE 3+) 2. Excellent range of opportunities - work from UI to the largest web services infrastructure in the world to machine learning to consumer products (Kindle).. If you get bored of one team, moving to another is straightforward. 3. High achievers are rewarded well 4. Super focused and competent senior management

Cons

1. The frugality (cheapness) gets old after a while. 2. Growing as an individual contributor after the SDE 2 level is made ridiculously tough and is completely team dependent; an SDE 2-3 promotion in a technically strong team might take years (or never happen) with the same promotion take a few months in some other teams 3. Uneven quality across groups and teams - there needs to be a consistent hiring bar. 4. Employees are treated largely as cogs. The pager hell is real and can be bad depending on the team.

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