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
May 12, 2013
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Pros

Amazon requires a lot in terms of professionalism, and truly does have the customer's satisfaction at heart. You'll be working with some of the best engineers in the industry.

Cons

I think the customer's needs come before the employees. While this is as it should be, a larger portion of the profits thus generated should come back to the employees by way of extra shares.

4.0
Feb 9, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

* Engineers are valued. A lot of focus on giving Engineers the work that is challenging. * Good technological challenges. A lot of interesting problems in the AWS space which are challenging and need creativity. * High impact work. A lot of customers use AWS, and hence the impact is visible in terms of usage, growth, customer feedback.

Cons

* Design is owned by Principal Engineers. Sometimes it is hard to get the opportunity to design a system as it is owned by Principal Engineers. * Oncall duty can be bad on some teams. But it is ok for some teams.

4.0
Nov 1, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

- Great development and ownership culture - Quality products are valued and efforts are made to fix low-quality ones - Fantastic quantity of components and services to re-use - Management cares about their employees

Cons

- Difficult to get rid of technical debt - A lot of house-made solutions to replace industry standard

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