Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE1) reviews

3.6

67% would recommend to a friend

(568 total reviews)
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55% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer SDE1 employees have rated Amazon with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 568 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer SDE1 professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer SDE1 professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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568 reviews
3.0
Apr 6, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

only thing is good money and if fortunate you may get good projects. but management is bad

Cons

alot - not raises - no perks - no employ obsession

2.0
Mar 28, 2025

work culture is bad

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The projects are really interesting and there will be a lot of career growth.

Cons

There is a lot of micro-management and favoritism is a real deal here

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