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Amazon Web Services Software Development Engineer (SDE) II reviews

3.4

46% would recommend to a friend

(697 total reviews)
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Matt Garman

37% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer SDE II employees have rated Amazon Web Services with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 697 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer SDE II professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon Web Services is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer SDE II professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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697 reviews
3.0
Jul 24, 2026

Limitations

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Experience working in big company

Cons

Lack benefits, in office five days a week, hard to increase scope of work

4.0
Jul 17, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Competitive compensation and benefits. Learning and career growth. You have big potential to growth in your role or switch to another role.

Cons

Work-Life Balance Challenges: Often poor due to high workload, on-call rotations, long hours, and pressure. Vendor Lock-in in Your Skill Set: Your day-to-day work is heavily tied to AWS-specific services and internal tools. This can make it harder to stay broadly skilled in multi-cloud, on-prem, or non-AWS technologies Layoffs and Instability.

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