Amazon Sr Software Development Engineer reviews

3.2

50% would recommend to a friend

(119 total reviews)
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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
5.0
Jun 26, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Data driven priority and product decisions from management. Developers are expected to understand the business and exercise judgement. High impact work that helps millions and millions of people. Senior technical staff are great mentors, some of the best in the industry in their areas of expertise. Excellent compensation, especially the stock, which apparently never stops going up.

Cons

Long hours and hard work - working at Amazon is not easy. High impact comes with high stakes for mistakes. Quality of management is highly variable across teams, my current manager supports me and wants to grow the team. Some managers fire their junior developers in order to cover up their own mistakes.

4.0
Jun 15, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Moves quickly. You learn a bunch. High company growth = greater chances for career growth

Cons

Oncall can be bad. Comp is not competitive with the top tier companies.

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