Skip to contentSkip to footer
      employer cover photo
      employer logo
      employer logo

      Amazon

      Engaged Employer

      Amazon Software Development Engineering I reviews

      3.7

      51% would recommend to a friend

      (556 total reviews)
      avatar

      Andrew Jassy

      40% approve of CEO

      54% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.2

      Career opportunities

      4.1

      Compensation and benefits

      3.6

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.3

      Culture & values

      3.2

      Work/Life balance

      2.8

      Senior management

      Software Development Engineering I employees have rated Amazon with 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 556 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineering I professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineering I professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Reviews by job title

      556 reviews
      4.0
      Apr 17, 2014

      Good for freshers, but high work pressure

      Software development engineer i
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      There is a lot to learn : Amazon uses a lot of new technologies in its code base. You will get to learn a lot of things. Good compensation Flexible working hours : The working hours is flexible as long as you do your job. A very high brand value.

      Cons

      Most of the teams face too much work pressure. Particularly, the one who is on call. Job distribution is not good. As a developer, you may have to write unit test cases, document several things. You are expected to work on random services which are not documented well.

      2.0
      Apr 16, 2014

      Great company to learn, no scope to grow in long term.

      Software development engineer i
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      This is a great place to add skill sets to ones resume. The company has great tools for development and you can get help from people with a lot of knowledge to learn a lot about distributed software platforms. The name of Amazon helps a lot when you plan to switch to other companies.

      Cons

      Amazon is famous for frugality towards its employees. It is hell bend to spend least on its employees. The whole notion of infinite availability of new employees within the company has taught Amazon not to value its current employees. The work-life balance is greatly disturbed, specially if you are in a team which owns lot of old software. The managers are not very experienced. The salary hikes are very less compared to other companies.

      4.0
      Apr 14, 2014

      Great place to hone existing as well as pick up on new software development skills

      Software development engineer i
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Knowledgeable co-workers from whom one can learn a lot. Develop a big-picture view of the business which is invaluable towards one's growth as a software developer. Competitive pay and time-off. Cab pikc-up and drop is very helpful. Flexible working hours as well as work-from-home a couple of times a month (depending on manager). Apparently easy to explore other teams after clocking in an year with a team.

      Cons

      Responsibility of maintaining one's code is a little painful - but helps in growth as a developer. On-call week - i.e. being single point of contact for technical (and sometimes business) issues of team for a week - is challenging in the beginning. Long learning curve, given the number of tools and frameworks one needs to be familiar with, in order to be effective. No additional perks as may be expected in some of the other top companies. Work-life balance tends to be more towards work.

      Viewing 511 - 513 of 556 Reviews
      Related searches: Amazon Software Development Engineering I jobs | Amazon Software Development Engineering I salaries | Amazon benefits | Amazon interviews | Amazon conversations
      Amazon reviewsAmazon Software Development Engineering I reviews

      Glassdoor has 250,592 Amazon reviews submitted anonymously by Amazon employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if Amazon is right for you.