Amazon Software Development Engineer reviews

3.5

52% would recommend to a friend

(3,322 total reviews)
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34% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,322 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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3K reviews
4.0
Jun 18, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

salary is not that par unless u r in position to negotiate technologies u get exposed are great great minds work around you

Cons

office space is not good to work

4.0
Jun 2, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

good salary compared to peers. one of the best work in the industry. professionally good growth both in the company and out side the company.

Cons

not a good office environment. cramped space. worst office location choosen.

2.0
May 28, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Many challenging technical problems to tackle as an employee. They give lots of room for you to shine but also rope to hang yourself. It's a very dynamic culture and promotes best solution at the time. This could be bad though since it also means a lot of bad solutions are introduced before the best comes out.

Cons

Be prepared to move groups every year or two. You will get managed out if you're in lower end of reviews. Middle management changes direction too much. It's a very operations oriented culture, that means pager duty for everyone. Depending on group you could spend a lot of time fire fighting.

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