Amazon Software Engineer reviews

3.5

55% would recommend to a friend

(6,262 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

43% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Software Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 6,262 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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6K reviews
3.0
Jun 18, 2026
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Pros

1. The company has a very mature set of internal developer tools, which makes day-to-day engineering work much more efficient. 2. Compensation is above average, though it is not necessarily industry-leading. 3. Internal team transfers are relatively easy compared with many other companies.

Cons

1. Office politics can be a serious issue. 2. Team culture varies a lot, and some teams have poor engineering or management cultures. 3. Many projects can feel low-impact or not very meaningful. 4. Because the company has strong internal tools and relies heavily on AWS, engineers may not always get much exposure to more transferable infrastructure or systems knowledge. This can be convenient, but it may also limit some learning opportunities for SDEs.

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