Amazon Software Development Engineer reviews

3.5

54% would recommend to a friend

(3,338 total reviews)
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38% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,338 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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4.0
Dec 28, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Year 1: 90k base salary, 25k bonus, 10k relocation pay. Year 2-4: 90k base salary (barring a raise), mix of bonus/stock to average out at ~110k yearly compensation. Healthcare is good, dental is good. Money is decent for the seattle area. Not outrageously good and not bad. I work ~40 hours a week and am happy with my work-life balance, but I can definitely see how there is potential for a horrible time. Everything is so team dependent here. I'd advise any potential hires to take this job if it's the best offer you have, but if you're stuck with a bad team/management, find a new job asap.

Cons

On call can be terrible. If you're stuck with bad management or a team that wants to overwork you, you have no recourse.

5.0
Dec 25, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

There are a lot of learning opportunities both in team projects as well as tech talks that happen every week. I would say Amazon Web Services is a school which excel in Distributed Systems.

Cons

Too much work load. This is connected to the learning I mentioned before. Much of the time is spent in learning which causes to work long hours. But I like this way

4.0
Dec 23, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

You learn a lot in a short time period here, and working 2 years here is pretty much the equivalent in technical and business skills as a masters degree. There are many options to move to once you're in the company, and their ideals for leadership are good ideals. I appreciate the fact that they follow the idea that no matter your level or experience, your opinion will still be heard. It is not often you get rank pulled on you (but it still happens occasionally).

Cons

Expectations of how much you should work seem to be skewed by management. Not a very clear promotional cycle between SDE-1 and SDE-2. It seems very difficult to move up in the company once you hit SDE-3.

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