Amazon Software Enginner reviews

3.5

55% would recommend to a friend

(5,412 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

40% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Software Enginner employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 5,412 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Enginner professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Enginner professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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5K reviews
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Jul 14, 2026
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Pros

- Developer AWS accounts, get to play with amazing tech - Very motivated and intelligent coworkers, you learn a lot in a short amount of time - High expectations here develop your engineering and leadership skills quickly

Cons

- Stack ranking, amazon orgs have a quota on performance reviews being Least Effective, you're one bad quarter away from losing your job - Very toxic and stressful work environment, it's known as the meatgrinder for a reason - Pull Requests, revisions, comments, change management requests, design documents -- all are tracked meticulously and your performance is held against them. Having an ops-heavy quarter can make you appear underperforming - Really poor benefits and bare minimum compensation compared to other top tech (stock refreshers can be rare, no annual bonus, promotions are political) - AWS teams have insane ops load, ops improvements rarely are marked down positively in performance reviews

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