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
2.0
Jan 30, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Get to work with some great people day to day (mostly team members and manger; higher than that is questionable).

Cons

Leadership is so focused on the stock price that employees are nothing but an operating expense to them. Performance and tenure mean nothing - you could still be laid off at the tip of a hat.

4.0
Jan 10, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Fast Paced Environment Quick to get your changes in production Working on multiple projects Gain experience in short amount of time

Cons

Poor work life balance Having to deal with multiple teams to get sign off on approaches

2.0
Jan 10, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Great Pay - Great learning opportunities - Great impact of work

Cons

- 0 Empathy & respect towards employees, management treats employees as a working machine not like a human - Layoffs, Layoffs, Layoffs - Enforced RTO - The worst benefits in the market and acts very cheap

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