Amazon Software Development Manager III reviews

3.4

40% would recommend to a friend

(119 total reviews)
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37% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Software Development Manager III employees have rated Amazon with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 119 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Manager III professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Manager III professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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119 reviews
4.0
Nov 1, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Great development and ownership culture - Quality products are valued and efforts are made to fix low-quality ones - Fantastic quantity of components and services to re-use - Management cares about their employees

Cons

- Difficult to get rid of technical debt - A lot of house-made solutions to replace industry standard

3.0
Mar 7, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Fast paced exciting opportunities to work on always something to do, never have to be bored smart people to work with

Cons

no work life balance very hard to get recognition as everyone is trying to outsmart each other crappy legacy systems sdes spend so much time interviewing, dealing with other third party companies instead of doing real sde work immature development practices here and there

4.0
Dec 10, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Amazon is growing very fast and provides lots of opportunities for employees' career growth. Lots of great people to learn from, a huge internal knowledge base. Many different teams with different kinds of work/technologies, easy movement between teams. Very encouraging environment for people with a strong work ethic. Compensation is better than most in the industry.

Cons

Needs more time commitment than other companies. Sometimes need to carry a pager, which can restrict what the employee can do on those days/nights; sometimes need to wake up at night to fix issues.

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