Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE2) reviews

3.3

48% would recommend to a friend

(513 total reviews)
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23% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer SDE2 employees have rated Amazon with 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 513 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer SDE2 professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer SDE2 professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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513 reviews
5.0
May 22, 2014

Great Development Culture

Recommend
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Pros

Brilliant coworkers Tough and interesting problems to solve Culture and tools to enable development Good compensation Small teams means lots of ownership

Cons

High expectations for output can lead to periods of poor work life balance Annual reviews, otherwise you need to be very proactive about seeking feedback

4.0
Apr 8, 2014

An interesting place to work

Recommend
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Pros

A lot of new stuffs to work on, a lot of challenge to face. Less red tape.

Cons

Poor work life balance, a lot of pressure from upper management. Frugality makes people less happy

3.0
Feb 14, 2013

Overworked and not cared for

Recommend
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Pros

Career builder. You will be in the cutting edge of todays technology.

Cons

Overworked and you have no life while you work for Amazon. The rare cases of people staying with them for longer than 4 years are actually the ones that have learned how to work the internal system.

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