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 6,775 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 6,775 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 (11103) , Warehouse Worker (6903) , Associate (6204) , Software Engineer (6132) , Area Manager (5673) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (3495) , Fulfillment Associate (3404) , Software Development Engineer (3166) , Customer Service Representative (3040) , Program Manager (2471) , Operations Manager (2290) , Customer Service Associate (2213) , Sortation Associate (1862) , Manager (1455) , 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 19505 reviews)); "Their health benefits is good and their career choice is helpful to start a new career." ((in 13260 reviews)); "A lot of information that is useful and great people to go to when you need something" ((in 7739 reviews)); "It was a WFH 3 months contract role.This role has good salary and perks.It was not so stressfull." ((in 5804 reviews)); "The work culture is good and I never felt that I was new in the company" ((in 4830 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 10033 reviews)); "You work long hours and not as many breaks as you would like or need at times" ((in 7074 reviews)); "Poor management can lead to unnecessary stress and even impact your standing within the company." ((in 6640 reviews)); "There are also bad managers that are rude and do not care about the feelings of their associates." ((in 5165 reviews)); "The company advertises peak season as the long hours and hard push but it really happens routinely throughout the year." ((in 2428 reviews))

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Amazon Software Development Engineering reviews

3.5

57% would recommend to a friend

(6,775 total reviews)

Andrew Jassy

40% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

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4.0

Compensation and benefits

4.0

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 6,775 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

Dec 14, 2011

Great challenges, you need to like what you do

Software development engineer

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Pros

working as SDE for Amazon Dev Center in Romania -> Amazon is definitely much better than the outsourcing industry in Romania (Eastern Europe), from all points of view: smart colleagues, much more exciting projects (wide impact, cool technologies), much better pay, perks, looks better on your resume, etc Granted, we are in Romania, and Amazon doesn't have Google or Microsoft to compete against as employers for SDEs, but still.. it's pretty cool

Cons

steep learning curve, 'frugal' documentation, self-learning seems to be the norm. Colleagues will help you, but I still have the sink or swim feeling

1.0

Nov 29, 2011

If you are not able to crack an equivalent option immediately, stick around till you prepare for interviews

Software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You have to do everything yourself. Its almost like working in a start up.

Cons

They are so bloody frugal that a developer has to play the role of a PM, QA,SDE-T,build engineer and all others, which leaves no time for development.

3.0

Sep 5, 2011

Experience from various Amazon departments

Software development engineer ii

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CEO approval

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Pros

Amazon does a great job of hiring the best people. You will get to work with some of the smartest people you'll encounter anywhere. I met more people with 2+ advanced degrees while working in the supply chain group than anywhere else.

Cons

There is hardly any chance of a person receiving a promotion. Part of the problem with hiring the best people is that really good performance is considered average. With hundreds of engineers in an organization only a tiny number would ever be promoted in a year. It's very discouraging. There are 2 very different worlds in Amazon, the older areas and the newer ones. Working in the original operations or retail areas you can have a work life balance. However, in the AWS division people are expected to work roughly 60 hours per week. There is no work/life balance. If you have a family your spouse really can't have a job.

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