Amazon Senior Software Development Engineer reviews

3.5

45% would recommend to a friend

(108 total reviews)
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12% approve of CEO

37% positive business outlook

Senior Software Development Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 108 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Senior Software Development Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Senior Software Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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108 reviews
4.0
May 29, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Lots to learn, literally everything in tech is being used here and much more.

Cons

Lots of dependent teams and lots of people to compete with.

5.0
May 14, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Many companies have stated values; Amazon truly lives and breathes our Leadership Principles. Motivated colleagues and great management encourage a healthy balance. Decisions at all levels can be questioned (though this can contribute towards feelings of operating in a hostile environment if not done tactfully).

Cons

We have a lot of proprietary tooling which makes transitioning to and from outside industry hard for engineers. This is particularly difficult for more experienced hires, who expect to be productive and have a fair amount of impact soon after starting. On the upside, most of these have good reason to be the way they are, and it pays to learn and understand them well. Sometimes our frugality can result in questionable decisions; this has become more rare as time goes on.

4.0
May 6, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Tech is more general. Java based, many tools can be used to improve the development efficiency.

Cons

The development of career is hard to move on when you are at level 5.

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