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 6,766 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 6,766 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 and benefits at Amazon .

What are the top reviewed jobs at Amazon?

Warehouse Associate (11091) , Warehouse Worker (6896) , Associate (6198) , Software Engineer (6115) , Area Manager (5658) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (3492) , Fulfillment Associate (3404) , Software Development Engineer (3160) , Customer Service Representative (3039) , Program Manager (2467) , Operations Manager (2279) , Customer Service Associate (2212) , Sortation Associate (1859) , Manager (1453) , Process Assistant (1418)

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 19134 reviews)); "Their health benefits is good and their career choice is helpful to start a new career." ((in 13201 reviews)); "A lot of information that is useful and great people to go to when you need something" ((in 7739 reviews)); "It's a very huge company all around the world and it keep satisfying their employees with good salary and accommodation" ((in 5751 reviews)); "The work culture is good and I never felt that I was new in the company" ((in 4853 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 10032 reviews)); "You work long hours and not as many breaks as you would like or need at times" ((in 7024 reviews)); "Poor management and it's difficult to get a hold of someone when there's a problem that needs fixing." ((in 6631 reviews)); "There are also bad managers that are rude and do not care about the feelings of their associates." ((in 5185 reviews)); "The company advertises peak season as the long hours and hard push but it really happens routinely throughout the year." ((in 2396 reviews))

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Amazon Software Development Engineering reviews

3.5

56% would recommend to a friend

(6,766 total reviews)

Andrew Jassy

39% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

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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 6,766 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

4.0

Apr 12, 2009

Great people

Software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Smart motivated people, challenging work.

Cons

24/7 pager expectations, long hours, unpaid overtime.

3.0

Mar 14, 2009

Amazon can be great but management wants fast hacks that will page you awake.

Software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You will be given the chance to work out interesting problems with some great people. If you have the motivation to drive your own deadlines and you can sell yourself to an MBA everything is pretty much great.

Cons

Long hours, average pay, upper management is perfectly happy with horrific hacks because they are never paged. Pager duty.

3.0

Feb 28, 2009

Come here to work hard, have no social life, get treated unfaily by management BUT have a bigger bank balance

Software development engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The compensation package, provided you negotiate it at time of getting hired. Opportunity to work with the best e-commerce platform out there, and you will learn a LOT. Great name to have in resume

Cons

The hours are brutal with little regard to work-life balance, especially if the team consist mainly of unmarried engineers. Over emphasis on agile development methodologies. QA and operational (aka midnight pager beeping) burden on developers. Management not interested in career growth and is short sighted as to only being concerned about developers finishing that month's work. Lack of morale and mutual disrespect between team members. Definitely not a long term workplace for the non-workaholic

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