Amazon Software Development Engineer II reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(955 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

19% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer II employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 955 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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955 reviews
3.0
Mar 5, 2024
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Pros

- The salary is the biggest pro. - Time to time you will get good interesting work while other times alot of mundane work like upgrading the dependencies would consume you without any recognition. - You have to do alot of things in parallel.

Cons

- Some times alot of mundane work would consume you like upgrading the dependencies without any recognition. - You have to punch above your weight. Just doing your job isn't enough. - A lot of workplace politics in picture.

1.0
Feb 23, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Your team can have spectacular work-life balance. You can work with great people.

Cons

All of those pros -- they depend so heavily on the team. But my bigger complaint -- despite having a leadership principle of "builds trust," that is precisely the opposite of what Andy Jassy on down to my manager have done. In my 2+ year tenure here, there have been thousands of layoffs, a flip-flop on remote work, and very poor communication throughout. I can't wait to land a new position and get out. On call shifts are also the worst. One weekend out of 4 having to keep my laptop close and possibly interrupting fun if there's a page (which seems to only happen on weekends, and never is actionable for my team...) makes things miserable for the entire family that weekend.

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