Amazon Software Engineer (Software Developer II) reviews

3.4

60% would recommend to a friend

(336 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

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 336 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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336 reviews
3.0
Mar 12, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

At Amazon, you need to be proactive and good at communication which is a weak point of most engineers in general. There are many meetings and chances of interacting with many peoples in addition to writing a program.

Cons

Like many big and old company, there are so many legacy code which is big and hard to improve. Therefore, development velocity is very low unless you are working on isolated task. With this environment where development efficiency is low, we need to deliver product quickly which led to frequent over time works.

5.0
Mar 5, 2021

Amazon Scout

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible hours, smart and experienced teammates, lots of resources at your disposal, easy to switch teams once you're in

Cons

Current teams are small which leads to frequent oncall. Lots of services to own and maintain. Many have to be put on the back burner.

4.0
Mar 3, 2021

Growth

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Very challenging. Tons of opportunities to grow.

Cons

Expect to put in some hours if you want to grow.

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