Amazon Software Development Engineer reviews

3.5

54% would recommend to a friend

(3,342 total reviews)
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38% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,342 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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3K reviews
5.0
May 16, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great Place Start Career. Learn rapidly at pace of masters. Very transferrable. Know operations well.

Cons

Oncall much more frequent and stringent than other companies. Stat ranking is strict. Can be laid off without notice.

3.0
May 15, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good engineers, projects with big impact

Cons

Politics in the company is too heavy (I guess it’s true for any big corps). Also, the PIP culture is real.

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