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      Amazon Systems Development Engineer II reviews

      3.6

      60% would recommend to a friend

      (213 total reviews)
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      Andrew Jassy

      40% approve of CEO

      60% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.2

      Compensation and benefits

      4.0

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.9

      Career opportunities

      3.3

      Culture & values

      3.3

      Work/Life balance

      3.1

      Senior management

      Systems Development Engineer II employees have rated Amazon with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 213 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Systems Development Engineer II professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Systems Development Engineer II professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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      213 reviews
      3.0
      Jul 16, 2017

      Not the greatest place to be a Systems Engineer

      Systems engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Some really smart people there that will push you to be better.

      Cons

      In infrastructure there is no work/life balance. Even with overseas teams taking the nights, on call load was too much, maybe one truly free weekend per month. Management kept promising fixes to this while doing nothing about it.

      5.0
      Apr 17, 2017

      Systems Engineer

      Systems engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The best place to work at. Supportive managers and Friendly Team.

      Cons

      No Cons as I know

      3.0
      Mar 20, 2017

      Good. Can be overwhelming.

      Systems engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      You will be working on projects that support or challenge other industry giants. Most of the people I meet are interesting, intelligent and kind. There are many development opportunities for improving service offerings, infrastructure and tooling in an organization as diverse as this one. There is so much to learn here. Internal tech talks are frequent and informative. Most managers I have observed have been clear about expectations. Mine have appeared to be honorable, concerned for my development as an engineer and my well being as a human. Recent (early 2017) efforts to help identify and remedy work/life balance issues are relevant and effective.

      Cons

      Amazon is an orchestrated chaos with deep internal culture. It is not that this is bad or insurmountable but for most it requires about nine months to become acclimatized. As in many places employees must be aware of their need for life balance and can easily burn out. The Seattle housing market is not sane. Childcare costs are staggering.

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