Amazon Software Development Engineer reviews

3.5

54% would recommend to a friend

(3,338 total reviews)
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38% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,338 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informatique industry (3.9 stars).

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3K reviews
4.0
Jan 7, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Interesting and challenging problems to solve, good mobility, plenty of opportunity to improve and challenge yourself. Amazon is "a tech company that just happens to do e-commerce", and so developers are first class citizens and the business revolves around delivering technology.

Cons

The fast environment can lead to high pressure that is not for everyone, and higher turnover means less people which means more pressure (but also more opportunity).

4.0
Dec 30, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Smart peers, Good pay, Freedom and ownership. Amazon had successfully found a formula to satisfy technical talents by including them as part of the business decision making process even though business and customers being the priority one.

Cons

Work-life balance No great opportunity to learn technical skills / learn new stuff ( apart from the project work )

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