Amazon Software Development Engineer 2 reviews

3.4

67% would recommend to a friend

(350 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

40% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer 2 employees have rated Amazon with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 350 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer 2 professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer 2 professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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350 reviews
3.0
Nov 5, 2025

Company review

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good overall work environment, and the people you work with are really talented, except for a few.

Cons

Heavy management chains with a lack of vision and knowledge make it hard to see productivity and impact.

4.0
Oct 31, 2025

Decent Place to Work

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good environment for learning solid fundamentals

Cons

Politics, WLB, some overengineering and little to no perks

4.0
Oct 19, 2025

SDE2 Amazon

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Smart people, new challenges every day, decent work life balance on my team.

Cons

Always smashing AI button to an unrealistic degree.

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