Is Amazon a good company to work for as a Software Development Engineering?

Software Development Engineering professionals working at Amazon have rated their employer with 3.5 out of 5 stars in 6,788 Glassdoor reviews. This is an average score with the overall rating of Amazon employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Development Engineering Jobs at Amazon now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Development Engineering interview questions at Amazon .

Does Amazon pay Software Development Engineering employees well?

Software Development Engineering professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Amazon with 4.0 out of 5 stars based on 6,788 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 7.8% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Development Engineering salaries at Amazon.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Amazon?

Warehouse Associate (11106) , Warehouse Worker (6905) , Associate (6207) , Software Engineer (6142) , Area Manager (5682) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (3503) , Fulfillment Associate (3405) , Software Development Engineer (3172) , Customer Service Representative (3042) , Program Manager (2475) , Operations Manager (2292) , Customer Service Associate (2215) , Sortation Associate (1864) , Manager (1454) , Process Assistant (1421)

What are the pros of working at Amazon according to real employee reviews?

""Pay is good but not worth the asks made from IT and how they are treated"" ((in 19514 reviews)); "Their health benefits is good and their career choice is helpful to start a new career" ((in 13211 reviews)); "A lot of information that is useful and great people to go to when you need something" ((in 7707 reviews)); "It's a very huge company all around the world and it keeps satisfying its employees with a good salary." ((in 5742 reviews)); "The work culture is good and I never felt that I was new in the company" ((in 4847 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Amazon according to real employee reviews?

"You do work bloody hard and very long hours so there is no work life balance" ((in 10152 reviews)); "You work long hours and not as many breaks as you would like or need at times" ((in 7073 reviews)); "Poor management and it's difficult to get a hold of someone when there's a problem that needs fixing." ((in 6685 reviews)); "There are also bad managers that are rude and do not care about the feelings of their associates." ((in 5190 reviews)); "The company advertises peak season as the long hours and hard push but it really happens routinely throughout the year." ((in 2411 reviews))

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Amazon Software Development Engineering reviews

3.5

57% would recommend to a friend

(6,788 total reviews)

Andrew Jassy

40% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Compensation and benefits

3.9

Career opportunities

3.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.0

Culture & values

2.8

Senior management

2.7

Work/Life balance

Software Development Engineering employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 6,788 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineering professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineering professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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7K reviews

5.0

Feb 8, 2014

Work hard have fun and make history. That's what we do.

Software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Amazon is a place where you are allowed to explore, invent and simplify. you learn you grow, and you make an impact on millions of lives. If I look back at my 2 years with Amazon my learning curve is almost a vertical line and so is every one's. I love it here.

Cons

work life balance is something you have to take care if.

5.0

Feb 5, 2014

Best place I've worked at.

Software development engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Amazing challenges, problems to solve and people to work with. Amazon is a top notch group of people. Best part is getting to use all the different AWS technologies and being able to experiment.

Cons

There is no rest for the weary. Burnout happens. Oncall is not fun and depending on the team you end up on it seems like it will never end.

2.0

Jan 30, 2014

Advance by being unhelpful and tripping up your peers.

Software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Compensation - Career building resume addition - If you land with the right team, it can be an incredible experience - Work from home - PTO - Scale

Cons

- If you land with the wrong team, it can be a terrible experience - Career advancement can be very political. - Suck up to the right people, move 100mph when people are watching and 1mph when they're not, be unhelpful to your peers, make your peers look bad... Do all of this and you'll look great and be promoted. - If instead you focus on working hard, being helpful, being a team player, moving at a good pace regardless of who's watching or the visibility, then you won't get promoted.

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