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 6,784 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 6,784 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 (6204) , Software Engineer (6138) , Area Manager (5680) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (3499) , Fulfillment Associate (3405) , Software Development Engineer (3171) , Customer Service Representative (3041) , Program Manager (2473) , Operations Manager (2291) , Customer Service Associate (2214) , Sortation Associate (1863) , Manager (1454) , Process Assistant (1420)

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 19510 reviews)); "Their health benefits is good and their career choice is helpful to start a new career" ((in 13167 reviews)); "A lot of information that is useful and great people to go to when you need something" ((in 7755 reviews)); "It's a very huge company all around the world and it keep satisfying their employees with good salary and accommodation" ((in 5792 reviews)); "The work culture is good and I never felt that I was new in the company" ((in 4880 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 10089 reviews)); "You work long hours and not as many breaks as you would like or need at times" ((in 7025 reviews)); "Poor management can lead to unnecessary stress and even impact your standing within the company." ((in 6655 reviews)); "There are also bad managers that are rude and do not care about the feelings of their associates." ((in 5184 reviews)); "The company advertises peak season as the long hours and hard push but it really happens routinely throughout the year." ((in 2412 reviews))

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Amazon Software Development Engineering reviews

3.5

57% would recommend to a friend

(6,784 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 6,784 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

2.0

Jan 12, 2013

Get ti learn by hard work, but not enough

Software development engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

1. Good learning. 2. Knowledge gained for open source technologies. 3. Bulk and goog chunks of functionality to work on.

Cons

1. Worst work life balance. 2. Very bad management. 3. On call etc

3.0

Jan 10, 2013

Intense company. Intelligent and dedicated people

Software development engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Stock keeps going up :) Get to learn a lot from team mates. Great managers (for the most part) You can take on as much responsibility as you want and grow. Chance to be part of one of the fastest growing 100Billion company

Cons

on call job can be stress full at times a lot of people are workaholics which pushes everyone to work harder and harder

4.0

Jan 7, 2013

Software Development Engineer

Software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Interesting and challenging problems to solve, good mobility, plenty of opportunity to improve and challenge yourself. Amazon is "a tech company that just happens to do e-commerce", and so developers are first class citizens and the business revolves around delivering technology.

Cons

The fast environment can lead to high pressure that is not for everyone, and higher turnover means less people which means more pressure (but also more opportunity).

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