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      Competitive pay and growth potential amid work-life challenges - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II Amazon Web Services Employee Review

      4.0
      Jul 17, 2026
      Software development engineer (sde) ii
      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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      5.0
      Jul 17, 2026
      Software engineer ii sde2
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      talented co workers, cutting edge technology

      Cons

      no hybrid work- 5 days in office

      3.0
      Jun 21, 2026
      Software development manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Ambitious projects if you're in the right team. Typically great team-mates. Don't believe the memes, the ppl are not back stabbing jerks but are overall genuinely nice. Not constrained by budgets when building cool things. Tools while sometimes clunky are powerful.

      Cons

      Schizophrenic lack of focus, entire teams get split, merged and upended multiple times a quarter. Some product managers are disconnected from reality. It didn't use to be the case, the PM-Ts were previously top notch. You're pushed to vibe code everything. Established products with loyal customers are getting neglected. Newer VP level leaders don't seem to know what they are doing. Veteran OG VP level leaders are either leaving in droves or seem stressed or checked out.

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