Amazon Software Development Engineering reviews

3.5

57% would recommend to a friend

(6,809 total reviews)
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40% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineering employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 6,809 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
5.0
Jul 4, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

A great place to learn how business and technology work together. The vision and communication from senior leadership is good. Amazon supports a great work/life balance (depending upon your manager). If you ask, you will get answers and justification for various things from compensation, promotions and career advancement. If you are smart you will be rewarded, do not be afraid to challenge. Amazonians respect smarts.

Cons

In some teams the pager duty can be taxing - since developers also must support what they develop.

4.0
Jun 27, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

High ownership, and ability to make significant differnce. Each individual has lot of power and freedom to make the s/w better. Employees are generally not restricted by process.

Cons

Exteremly Dynamic, The so called orgnized Kaos can cause occasional imbalnce in work/life. This is however is improving.

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