Amazon Software Development Engineering reviews

3.5

56% would recommend to a friend

(6,763 total reviews)
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39% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineering employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 6,763 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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4.0
Oct 11, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

There is no micromanaging on my team, and I'm free to make whatever corrections I deem are necessary. If I see a problem and decide it needs fixing there is nothing in my way, and I enjoy this freedom.

Cons

On-call duty can be painful at times. Essentially house arrest for a week at a time once every two months can be frustrating. This can vary greatly from team to team, however my team is particularly bad.

4.0
Oct 4, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Interesting/hard issues to attack. Challenging and fun. - Fast release cycle. - SDE does work in multiple areas - some development, some QA, some PM, ... - Encouraged to explore new technologies and get experience for other teams. - Brilliant, knowledgeable and friendly coworkers - Friendly management style.

Cons

- Work does get hectic sometimes - need to work extra hours some times - On-call rotation - have to provide 24/7 support for software - Cooperation between teams is very hard - a lot of teams are overly defensive -

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