Amazon Software Development Engineer II reviews

3.6

58% would recommend to a friend

(954 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

19% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer II employees have rated Amazon with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 954 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer II professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer II professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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954 reviews
5.0
Dec 2, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The company is big and the impact of what we develop is huge. If you find a good team, your job will be interesting, you will work with amazing and capable people, and have a good work life balance.

Cons

The company is big enough for having bad teams and good teams. I do believe most teams and orgs within the company are good.

3.0
Nov 19, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Career growth can be fast, although it's slowing recently. Lots to learn, speed of delivery is fast due to great technical systems and prowess amongst engineers.

Cons

Shortsighted freeing of capital to purchase hardware to power AI while maintaining increasing free cash flow will result in decreasing cash flow.

4.0
Nov 12, 2025

Big 4

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Work with dedicated, experienced and intelligent people within your team, org, department. - Leadership principles form the backbone of company and is the soul of every conversation and decision. - Two-way door decision and fail fast.

Cons

- Successive layoffs over the years - Bureaucracy which slows down decision making - Teams bloated with L5 devs and less scope for senior devs

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