Amazon Software Development Engineer II reviews

3.6

58% would recommend to a friend

(956 total reviews)
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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 956 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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956 reviews
5.0
Oct 10, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good diversity. Brilliant minds from everywhere in the world. Huge network of tools, technologies and projects. Great culture! Working at a company having millions of customers. Very comprehensive onboarding plan covering first 3 months of employment. Flexibility at working from home.

Cons

Learning so many internal tools (like alternatives of Jenkins, Maven, Gitlab, etc) that you cannot use in any other company.

5.0
Sep 27, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Interview process was very well organized. Every step happened at planned time. Interviews were challenging but fair. Interviewers were very kind and respectful. In the job, you are given all the opportunities you need to be successful and advance your career. Culture of raising the bar motivates you to improve your skills constantly. There are a lot of very talented and experienced people you work with and you learn from them a lot. Compensation and benefits are very good compared with many other similar positions.

Cons

Oncall duties can be scary at first. Even when you are experienced, potential impact of a failure makes you stressed. Many of the tools are custom to Amazon and won't help you much in the future if you leave Amazon.

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