Amazon Software Engineer II reviews

3.4

59% would recommend to a friend

(309 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

19% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

Software Engineer II employees have rated Amazon with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 309 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer II professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer II professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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309 reviews
5.0
Jun 4, 2021

Hard but worth it

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great place to work as a Software Engineer Great sense of ownership

Cons

On call can be demanding, but rotation isn't that bad

1.0
Jun 3, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There are no pros that comes to mind.

Cons

All the possible cons you can imagine that a corporate can have and more.

4.0
Jun 1, 2021

Legacy code + devops.

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

compensation; status (looks nice on resume); big impact

Cons

Lots of burn out; not many opportunities to build (software engineer turned into more a devops role). My advice to new hires: be willing to move teams!

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