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      Amazon Software Development Engineering reviews

      3.5

      56% would recommend to a friend

      (6,763 total reviews)
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      Andrew Jassy

      39% approve of CEO

      53% 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 6,763 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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      7K reviews
      3.0
      Sep 5, 2008

      Great brand, great stock, poor professional growth.

      Software development engineer ii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Amazon is a great brand. If you tell someone you work at Amazon, outside of Seattle at least, you will inevitably hear, "Oh, I love Amazon!"

      Cons

      It is a very high entropy work environment, and so far I have a pretty dim view of the lower level managers. It doesn't seem like there's much opportunity for professional growth. The professional culture is mostly male and alpha-geek-centric.

      4.0
      Aug 30, 2008

      Amazon - Lovely to visit, poor to stay

      Software development engineering
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great place to get started. You can work with a lot of difference technologies and get the Amazon stamp of approval on your resume.

      Cons

      My personal experience as an SDE Intern screened me from a lot of the downsides of working at Amazon, but I know many other fellow interns whom had to work continuous extra hours (all the time, not just at push). In addition the Amazon work model lends itself to being "on-call" - a.k.a. giving up your personal life for a week once every two months to support your team's software.

      4.0
      Aug 22, 2008

      A good place to cut your teeth!

      Software development engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Everyday at Amazon was a challenge, but in a good way. I enjoyed the people a lot...and there were a lot of interesting people that worked in Seattle. The development community was always there to help. Same goes for managers and top execs.

      Cons

      Used to be a small development shop. It is now a larger corporation, and feels like it. There is a lot of red tape getting things done, especially when projects collide and require the same resources. If it is a "Jeff" project, those always seem to win.

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