Amazon Systems Development Engineer II reviews

3.6

60% would recommend to a friend

(213 total reviews)
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40% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

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
Sep 19, 2015

Mixed Feelings

Recommend
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Pros

- You learn a lot - Several opportunities to work with different people and teams - Smart co-workers - Fast-paced

Cons

- Burns people very quickly - Performance review process is often controversial - Severe on-call rotation - Long unpaid overtime hours - Heavily into politics, like any other big company - Cheap

4.0
Sep 4, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Amazon is an inspiring atmosphere where you are surrounded by brilliant minds; no matter your vertical, it is guaranteed that you will meet peers who truly raise the bar.

Cons

Amazon is heavily focused on feedback -- and positive feedback is hard to earn. This can make it a struggle to grow, and advance your career. Additionally, the work/life balance is weighted more towards work, than life (in my personal experience). This is not the case for all teams, but definitely is the case for a lot of the engineering teams.

3.0
Jul 21, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

AWS is the only one providing the best cloud experience and rich feature set so a lot to learn

Cons

There are tons of features planned for a given year and so you have mountains to cross. Specifically, NoSQL team has great operations pain and very harsh on decisions.

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