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AWS better than advertised - Senior Software Engineer Amazon Web Services Employee Review

4.0
Oct 12, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

COE process is built to get to RCA and actually fix it. Pay can go way over target comp due to stock growth. Switching between teams is easy and encouraged You can learn a lot about building highly available production systems

Cons

Easy to end up on a team drowning in tech debt Pay can go way under target comp due to stock falling Engineers can be pretty far removed from customers

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5.0
Jul 17, 2026
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Pros

talented co workers, cutting edge technology

Cons

no hybrid work- 5 days in office

3.0
Jul 21, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

-Great place to learn -Work with some of the smartest people in the industry -Flexibility/autonomy in schedule (not impacted by RTO)

Cons

-Constant reorgs and shifts in leadership: I went through a reorg almost every January and had 6 managers in 2.5 years. Inconsistent leadership makes it hard to feel aligned to a company/team vision or to feel supported. -Promotions are highly political and your manager plays a huge role in whether you advance. Managers rarely have career conversations with reps, which leaves little real path for growth. Good managers want to see their team develop and help them get there. -Comp plan changes reduced sellers' ability to accelerate and lowered pay year over year. Comp plans are dictated by Operations, not Sales Leadership.

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