Amazon Software Developer reviews

3.5

56% would recommend to a friend

(6,297 total reviews)
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42% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Software Developer Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 6,297 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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6K reviews
1.0
Nov 6, 2025

I hate it here

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Salary is really competitive and good

Cons

Always in fear of layoffs every other week

2.0
Nov 6, 2025

Work culture is rough

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

* Get to work with smart people * Get AWS experience any team you're on * Pay is decent

Cons

* Projects are uninspired, get stuck churning out boring features that take a lot of time to do * Management makes questionable decisions regarding the best projects to move forward on * Overworking is expected because of PIP culture * Promise promotion if you do extra work and then take away the promise after the work is done * Layoffs made moral take a nosedive

4.0
Nov 6, 2025

Good balance

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

High pay and good experience

Cons

Cut throat competition and evaluations frequently

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