Is Amazon Web Services a good company to work for as a Software Developer?

Software Developer professionals working at Amazon Web Services have rated their employer with 3.5 out of 5 stars in 887 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Amazon Web Services employees being 3.6 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Developer Jobs at Amazon Web Services now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Developer interview questions at Amazon Web Services .

Does Amazon Web Services pay Software Developer employees well?

Software Developer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Amazon Web Services with 4.0 out of 5 stars based on 887 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 2.5% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Developer salaries at Amazon Web Services.

What Amazon Web Services locations are top rated by Software Developer employees?

Seattle is the top rated Amazon Web Services location by Software Developer employees.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Amazon Web Services?

Software Engineer (889) , Solutions Architect (510) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (481) , Cloud Support Engineer (408) , Software Development Engineer (342) , Account Manager (298) , Program Manager (194) , Cloud Support Associate (186) , Data Center Technician (181) , Cloud Support Engineer I (163) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) II (155) , Senior Solutions Architect (140) , Cloud Support Engineer II (132) , Cloud Engineer (128) , Account Executive (120)

What are the pros of working at Amazon Web Services according to real employee reviews?

"Pay is good for an intern and there’s a lot of room for growth because it’s a huge company" ((in 1171 reviews)); "It’s fun and the people are great" ((in 746 reviews)); "Learning is good and salary too" ((in 515 reviews)); "Their health benefits is good and their career choice is helpful to start a new career." ((in 507 reviews)); "Very generous with budget (if your team is performing well and the economy is great)" ((in 441 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Amazon Web Services according to real employee reviews?

"No work life balance and you have to write a lot" ((in 922 reviews)); "Poor management can lead to unnecessary stress and even impact your standing within the company." ((in 434 reviews)); "You can get bad managers and or teams which can hinder growth and mental health." ((in 396 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs without notice or explanation (employees encouraged to "focus on work" and not worry about layoff speculation)." ((in 246 reviews)); "Poor leadership and will want to reach pip quota" ((in 246 reviews))

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Amazon Web Services Software Developer reviews

3.5

57% would recommend to a friend

(887 total reviews)

Matt Garman

48% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Compensation and benefits

3.9

Career opportunities

3.6

Diversity & inclusion

2.9

Culture & values

2.8

Senior management

2.7

Work/Life balance

Software Developer Engineer employees have rated Amazon Web Services with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 887 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon Web Services is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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887 reviews

3.0

Dec 9, 2025

Okayish Leadership Good Tech stack

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good exposure Huge scale Great tools Great peers

Cons

Bad manager Abysmal team work Useless Leadership principles

3.0

Dec 9, 2025

Opportunities for growth and corporate misery/BS

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of opportunities to tackle high impact projects and growth opportunities, own projects, etc.

Cons

Work life balance is awful, depending on team. Lots of empire building, over promising and under delivering for the sake of PR wins, unimpressed with overall engineering/software development talent. They want to treat SDEs like service slinging monkeys --- complex products requiring domain expertise struggle since service SDEs are the primary employee commodity.

3.0

Dec 2, 2025

Amazon

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You work with the smartest people in FAANG. Besides maybe FB.

Cons

The standards of work are military level high. Expect high stress and almost no room for error.

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