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Amazon Web Services

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Pretty solid day-to-day, brutal oncall depending on team - Software Development Engineer (SDE) Amazon Web Services Employee Review

3.0
Feb 22, 2026
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Pros

- Great pay and benefits - Solid tech stack and plenty of projects to work on - Great for career trajectory and experience

Cons

- Oncall rotation can be ridiculous and super stressful (based on team placement) - Layoffs are unpredictable so job security could be better - Pretty noticeable social hierarchy based on position coupled with recognition/ visibility driven managers means you can be kind of bossed around for no good reason other than "leadership principles" (such as "be right, a lot", lol)

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5.0
Jun 8, 2026
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Pros

Great team when you have a manager and full team that works well and collaborates well. Stock is great. And you know when youre doing well, the pay increase is roughly the same as everyone else.

Cons

Low perks compared to other FAANG companies and most teams have high turn over

3.0
Jul 20, 2026
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Pros

Remote allowed at the time; Professional Services org had great mid-tier leadership that made work rewarding.

Cons

Higher level leadership absolutely terrible; working at AWS you'll always be on the chopping block due to factors completely out of your control. Not even partially out of your control, but completely out of even your organization's control.

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