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      Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE) -1 reviews

      3.5

      57% would recommend to a friend

      (459 total reviews)
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      Andrew Jassy

      38% approve of CEO

      58% positive business outlook

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      Software Development Engineer (SDE) 1 employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 459 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer (SDE) 1 professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer (SDE) 1 professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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      459 reviews
      3.0
      Nov 19, 2022

      Good work culture but low trust

      Sde 1
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      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The work was good and learned a lot. Bit hectic sometimes but good for beginners.

      Cons

      Got laid-off because of recession instead of getting a chance to switch teams.

      3.0
      Nov 15, 2022

      Surprisingly disorganized

      Sde 1
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Compensation is good, scale creates interesting problems to solve, and the leadership principles are sound tools for thinking about how to work well.

      Cons

      ASP (student hiring program) job placement process fails to deliver critical information (like office address, WFH status) in time for employees to make long-term housing decisions. I was hired into a large-scale reorganization - this process wasted weeks of my developer time. This could probably have been managed better. Resources for onboarding to my current project are inadequate (documentation, roadmaps, or tickets don't exist; access to experienced developers is rare, code reviews do not provide any meaningful feedback). As a result, most development and troubleshooting are a deep dive, and learning is largely trial and error. This is fine, but an inefficient use of my time.

      5.0
      Nov 5, 2022

      My team has great work-life balance

      Sde 1
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Work experience at Amazon is pretty team-dependent, but moving across teams in this company is pretty easy, so if you would like to find a team with good work-life balance, you can find it.

      Cons

      No free food benefit lol. Just free bananas and in Seattle they’re doing free barista coffee in the offices lol

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