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
3.0
Aug 2, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Great skill development with very diverse range of tech skills and frameworks, as well as soft skills - If you have a good manager, you can try anything to attempt to grow your career, without being afraid to fail

Cons

- Company is being progressively slower and more bureaucratic over the years placing a greater burden on employees to maintain ability to deliver results - Poor work-life balance, expected to complete same amount of work or even more with reduced headcount - Quality of manager means everything - poor manager means you can be deliberately set up to fail

4.0
May 29, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of teams/roles to transfer to. It's a business and mostly rewards hard workers over virtue signaling.

Cons

Average time between managers is 9 months. New managers to the company don't understand the promotion process, especially above L6+.

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