Amazon Senior Software Developer reviews

3.5

66% would recommend to a friend

(684 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

45% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Senior Software Developer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 684 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Senior Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Senior Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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684 reviews
4.0
May 16, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

* Excellent pay * Meaningful projects when they can be funded * Day to day work is very data-driven * Bright colleagues * Huge learning and growth opportunities

Cons

* Layoffs limit productivity and prevent job security * Work culture varies drastically between teams. Some teams are very overworked. * Not all leaders value employee job satisfaction or career progression. Favoritism and politics do sometimes get in the way of career.

3.0
May 12, 2024

moderate review

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Ads team. Relatively good WLB. People are nice.

Cons

Growth not clear. Technical-wise, not fun, not deep. Mostly work with PMs. Moderate management

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