Amazon Software Development Engineer II reviews

3.6

59% would recommend to a friend

(956 total reviews)
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22% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer II employees have rated Amazon with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 956 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer II professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer II professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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956 reviews
4.0
Feb 24, 2019

Amazon

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Leadership principles Pay Culture is friendly Focus

Cons

Sometimes too many process comes in the way

4.0
Feb 21, 2019

SDE II

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Interesting Distributed Systems work - All the AWS tech you want to use without worrying about the cost - Fun coworkers, but that varies from team to team - No politics - Relatively good pay plus even better stock options (RSUs)

Cons

- Oncall can suck (also varies from team to team) - Steady attrition in some orgs, some teams never hit their necessary headcount despite recruiting - getting more bureaucratic every year

4.0
Feb 16, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Amazon has some extremely high standards, so for engineers it is a brilliant place to learn how to do things right. Teams are given the time to build things well, and design them properly. Mostly good work life balance. Good friendly atmosphere.

Cons

Pay and benefits are lower than the rival companies. Managers pass down tasks to their team and dish them out. Very variable manager quality. The most important thing for career progression in Amazon is having a good manager, and these can sometimes be hard to find. Not much transparency in the company. On-call can be a constraint sometimes.

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