Amazon Software Engineer (Software Developer II) reviews

3.4

60% would recommend to a friend

(337 total reviews)
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21% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Software Developer Engineer II employees have rated Amazon with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 337 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer Engineer II professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer Engineer II professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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337 reviews
4.0
Nov 17, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Engineers have full ownership for their work. You scope it, build it, test it, support it. Feels like a start-up. Laser-sharp focus on real-world problems.

Cons

Competitive - often there are multiple teams building similar things. This also leads to corporate politics sometimes taking precedence to engineering. Work-life balance is poor. Stressful and highly-demanding.

1.0
Oct 31, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Team members are great and talented

Cons

Overworked, with the hours put in for development and on-calls, the average hourly rate is just a few dollars more than Uber drivers.

4.0
Oct 28, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Fast paced, lots of ownership on work, lots of learning

Cons

Nothing much to say in cons

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