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

Software Development Engineering professionals working at Amazon have rated their employer with 3.5 out of 5 stars in 6,816 Glassdoor reviews. This is an average score with the overall rating of Amazon employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Development Engineering Jobs at Amazon now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Development Engineering interview questions at Amazon .

Does Amazon pay Software Development Engineering employees well?

Software Development Engineering professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Amazon with 4.0 out of 5 stars based on 6,816 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 7.8% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Development Engineering salaries at Amazon.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Amazon?

Warehouse Associate (11117) , Warehouse Worker (6915) , Associate (6212) , Software Engineer (6173) , Area Manager (5706) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (3519) , Fulfillment Associate (3409) , Software Development Engineer (3183) , Customer Service Representative (3045) , Program Manager (2482) , Operations Manager (2297) , Customer Service Associate (2218) , Sortation Associate (1868) , Manager (1456) , 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 19441 reviews)); ""Their health benefits is good and their career choice is helpful to start a new career."" ((in 13248 reviews)); "A lot of information that is useful and great people to go to when you need something" ((in 7784 reviews)); "It's a very huge company all around the world and it keep satisfying their employees with good salary and accommodation" ((in 5758 reviews)); "The work culture is good and I never felt that I was new in the company" ((in 4853 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 10067 reviews)); "You work long hours and not as many breaks as you would like or need at times" ((in 7065 reviews)); "Poor management and it's difficult to get a hold of someone when there's a problem that needs fixing." ((in 6710 reviews)); "There are also bad managers that are rude and do not care about the feelings of their associates." ((in 5180 reviews)); "The company advertises peak season as the long hours and hard push but it really happens routinely throughout the year." ((in 2419 reviews))

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Amazon Software Development Engineering reviews

3.5

57% would recommend to a friend

(6,816 total reviews)

Andrew Jassy

39% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Compensation and benefits

4.0

Career opportunities

3.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.0

Culture & values

2.7

Work/Life balance

2.7

Senior management

Software Development Engineering employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 6,816 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineering professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineering professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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7K reviews

2.0

Jul 3, 2009

Middle Management Culture is Dysfunctional

Software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good Salary, Interesting Technology & Problem Space

Cons

Middle Management (Directors and Senior Managers) is typically hired externally with the candidates making unrealistic promises. Typically, they grab a difficult project and commit to unrealistic deadlines, then death march the employees through these missed deadlines and finally are let go for failure to meet goals, having alienated their subordinates. I have been under three separate senior managers who followed this pattern and have seen countless others outside of my command chain.

4.0

Jul 3, 2009

As much as you make of it

Software development engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

career growth, opportunity for innovation, ownership

Cons

on-call support requirements, random one-off projects for business teams

4.0

Jun 29, 2009

Good place to learn, and not only software

Software development engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Advanced software platform (most of it anyway), creative teams, full control given to developers.

Cons

No central support, little QA, messy cross team coordination.

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