Is Amazon a good company to work for as a Software Development Engineering Intern?

Software Development Engineering Intern professionals working at Amazon have rated their employer with 4.5 out of 5 stars in 225 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Amazon employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Development Engineering Intern Jobs at Amazon now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Development Engineering Intern interview questions at Amazon .

Does Amazon pay Software Development Engineering Intern employees well?

Software Development Engineering Intern professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Amazon with 4.8 out of 5 stars based on 225 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 25.9% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Development Engineering Intern salaries at Amazon.

What Amazon locations are top rated by Software Development Engineering Intern employees?

Seattle is the top rated Amazon location by Software Development Engineering Intern employees.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Amazon?

Warehouse Associate (11112) , Warehouse Worker (6913) , Associate (6208) , Software Engineer (6159) , Area Manager (5694) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (3508) , Fulfillment Associate (3407) , Software Development Engineer (3179) , Customer Service Representative (3043) , Program Manager (2478) , Operations Manager (2295) , Customer Service Associate (2216) , Sortation Associate (1865) , Manager (1455) , Process Assistant (1422)

What are the pros of working at Amazon according to real employee reviews?

""Pay is good but not worth the asks made from IT and how they are treated"" ((in 19408 reviews)); "Their health benefits is good and their career choice is helpful to start a new career." ((in 13270 reviews)); "A lot of information that is useful and great people to go to when you need something" ((in 7781 reviews)); "It was a WFH 3 months contract role.This role has good salary and perks.It was not so stressfull." ((in 5805 reviews)); "The work culture is good and I never felt that I was new in the company" ((in 4857 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Amazon according to real employee reviews?

"You do work bloody hard and very long hours so there is no work life balance" ((in 10069 reviews)); "You work long hours and not as many breaks as you would like or need at times" ((in 7079 reviews)); "Bad management is very common here and very common to have managers who are out of touch with tech." ((in 6691 reviews)); "There are also bad managers that are rude and do not care about the feelings of their associates." ((in 5214 reviews)); "The company advertises peak season as the long hours and hard push but it really happens routinely throughout the year." ((in 2444 reviews))

Amazon Software Development Engineering Intern reviews

4.5

88% would recommend to a friend

(225 total reviews)

Andrew Jassy

95% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

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Software Development Engineering Intern employees have rated Amazon with 4.5 out of 5 stars, based on 225 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineering Intern professionals have an excellent working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineering Intern professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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225 reviews

4.0

Nov 12, 2012

As a first company experience it was a valuable experience

Software development engineer intern

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

1. During your internship you get to work on real projects 2. Mentor and other colleagues are knowledgeable and helpful 3. Salary and relocation package is very good 4. Interns are considered for full-time job offer

Cons

1. Sometimes conflict of project goal as suggested by mentor and manager. 2. Project was a bit lengthy 3. Testing and releasing is a lengthy process 4. Projects are not that much intellectually challenging, kind of regular programming, not much scope of research/brainstorming

3.0

Nov 10, 2012

Good place to work as a full time, not too good as an intern

Software development engineer intern

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Gain a lot of valuable experience while working on cool projects

Cons

Their mentor program sucks; they assume you know a lot in advance and they guide you, like they do in Google or Microsoft

5.0

Sep 27, 2012

One word: Awesome!!

Software development engineer intern

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

- Very, very bright people - Very supportive and nurturing environment

Cons

- Less perks such as free food. Could be nice for some employees who are working late.

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