Amazon Software Development Manager reviews

3.4

48% would recommend to a friend

(485 total reviews)
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27% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

Manager, Software Development employees have rated Amazon with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 485 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Manager, Software Development professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Manager, Software Development professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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485 reviews
5.0
Nov 25, 2017

Its day 1

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Pros

There is so much to learn while working at Amazon. Every day, I was presented with different challenges that makes me think out-of-the box to solve it differently. The community support is excellent for several types of challenges and mentorship is the officially supported method to yield long-term benefits. I grew from SDE to SDM at Amazon and I have worked in two different countries myself and collaborated with teams around the globe. The vast variety of data poses several key challenges and keeps you on your toes always. The teams have great potential, people, work culture and enormous problems to solve.

Cons

One could easily burnout if they do not balance their work-life or ask for help! There are several teams or managers who would expect far more than one could achieve. Finding a right balance is the key for success at Amazon.

4.0
Nov 8, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

* Full control over your world- lots of responsibility but also authority * Amazing people to work with * Great technology stack * Tons of growth opportunity * Working at scale, building highly-available and resilient software

Cons

* Top-leveling culture was insidious (recently Amazon moved away from this, however) * Lots of pressure; you really need to learn how to manage Amazon or get used to not having an outside life. This can be done, but it is difficult. * Since everybody is pushed at a very fast pace, you can find yourself working for a manager who is struggling (which impacts *everything*)

4.0
Nov 7, 2017

it's worth it

Recommend
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Pros

* mostly great people (friendly, intelligent, etc) * leadership principles guide most conversations and decisions * emphasis on data * emphasis on consensus building * impact people globally

Cons

* incredibly competitive * most people leave after 1.5 years * can be analysis paralysis at times * not very diverse

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