Amazon Sr Software Development Engineer reviews

3.2

50% would recommend to a friend

(119 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

34% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Sr Software Development Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 119 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Sr Software Development Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Sr Software Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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119 reviews
1.0
Apr 13, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

It's really hard to think of pros these days. I guess there might still be interesting problems to work on somewhere, but in the past couple of years they've thrown so much process and red tape in front of it that it's not worth fighting through to get to them.

Cons

Oh boy. Where to start? Pay cuts, intentional and otherwise. Stock is tanking which has cut almost everyone's pay by very significant amounts and they shrug that off while pressing us to do more with less (that exact phrase was used yesterday by a manager in my presence). Layoffs always looming. Never-ending stream of unforced errors by the S-Team. Nonsensical mandates like "Everyone must go to the office even if you don't work with a single soul anywhere near there." Day 2 for Amazon seems to have been July 5, 2021, when Jassy took over. Used to actually be a good place to work. Now it's so toxic people are quite literally suffering mental health issues.

5.0
Mar 8, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Fun to work at that sort of scale, my local org has good managers, interesting projects and technical challenges, nice coworkers, no expectation of OT for my position

Cons

Sometimes a lot of work with top down guidance which requires a lot of effort

5.0
Mar 6, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Lots of interesting project. A lot of really smart people around. Salaries higher than in other places in Scotland.

Cons

Constant pressure to promote to the next levels (even on senior positions, as I was), this makes work a bit anxious. Too much attention on writing (especially on more senior levels), which makes it harder for non-native speakers to excel.

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