Amazon Software Development Engineer reviews

3.5

55% would recommend to a friend

(3,336 total reviews)
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39% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,336 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 Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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5.0
Sep 17, 2014
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Pros

It was very laid back and the work was challenging and interesting. Sometimes you had to spend the few extra hours on work, but where do you not? Has a great culture with lots of opportunities for team outings. I was thoroughly surprised at the amount of room there is to grow in aspects of software and hardware development. You own you're projects and are held at a high standard.

Cons

Personally there wasn't anything i disagreed with in terms of company values and leadership. Also there was plenty of opportunities for personal growth!

5.0
Sep 16, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Able to get your hands on some latest technology. Seattle is a great Seattle, way better than Bay area in my opinion.

Cons

Stressful, workload is overwhelming. No cafeteria, no free snacks, only tea bags and coffee.

2.0
Sep 16, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

internal tech talks are decent, amazon brand on the resume, great view from the office

Cons

Depends on the team - some teams have had all their software development abstracted out into poorly written or maintained internal tools, and you're basically a human grease monkey script. Disclaimer: some internal tools are fantastic, others are horrible and create operational issues. Being on-call is basically a way for them to pay you a 40 hour week, but work you 50-80 (depending on the team)

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