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Amazon Web Services Principal Software Development Engineer reviews

3.4

50% would recommend to a friend

(34 total reviews)
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Matt Garman

40% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Principal Software Development Engineer employees have rated Amazon Web Services with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 34 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Principal Software Development Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon Web Services is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Principal Software Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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34 reviews
3.0
Nov 9, 2023

Too technical

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Pros

Hired as a business technology executive. Most of the projects were moving workloads to the cloud platform. No digital strategy work

Cons

Many if you come in as a BT consultant. Very few if you are a cloud person

3.0
Oct 22, 2023
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Pros

Total comp is competitive with decent performance ratings (not salary) Brand recognition, big tech Culture - writing culture etc. is unique and it's interesting to learn a new way of doing things Long term career opps if you are willing to put the effort in to building your brand and network Autonomy. Not much micro management in general

Cons

Writing culture not for everyone. you'd be pretty limited as a non native speaker or if writing is not a strong point Politics are incredible. If you're not experienced in big company politics, you're going to get taken for a fool very quickly The quality of leadership is below the standard expected. Rampant over promotion in the past decade is evident across AWS. Many non-Amazonian L7/L8s with low quality credentials.

5.0
Aug 30, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Great vision, Great execution, Great coworkers

Cons

No free food Not full remote

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