Is Amazon a good company to work for as a Software Development Engineer II?

Software Development Engineer II professionals working at Amazon have rated their employer with 3.6 out of 5 stars in 955 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Amazon employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Development Engineer II Jobs at Amazon now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Development Engineer II interview questions at Amazon .

Does Amazon pay Software Development Engineer II employees well?

Software Development Engineer II professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Amazon with 4.0 out of 5 stars based on 955 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 7.8% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Development Engineer II salaries at Amazon.

How happy are Software Development Engineer II professionals working at Amazon?

58% of Software Development Engineer II employees at Amazon would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has increased by 9% in the past 12 months. Software Development Engineer II professionals have also rated Amazon with a 2.9 rating for work-life-balance, 3.5 rating for diversity and inclusion, 2.9 rating for culture and values and 4.0 rating for career opportunities.

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3.6

58% would recommend to a friend

(955 total reviews)

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19% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

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Software Development Engineer II employees have rated Amazon with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 955 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer II professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer II professionals compared to other employers within the Informatique industry (3.9 stars).

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955 reviews

4.0

Aug 12, 2025

Experience is highly team-dependent

Software development engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

* Good enough pay * Challenging work * Most teammates/peers are smart people

Cons

* Top-down goals * Operation burden can be very high depending on team

3.0

Aug 1, 2025

Not so good in terms of work culture

Software development engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Get to work with great minds have so much support in terms of internal tools for development

Cons

Team is looking for oppurtunity to pull you down, no support across teammates. Bad work life balance

5.0

Jul 30, 2025

Good company bad wlb

Software development engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

you work under pressure. Learn alot. Challeneges

Cons

bad wlb. They suck out everything from you. Pay is good. leadership is bad

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