Is Amazon a good company to work for as a Software Development Engineer I/II/II?

Software Development Engineer I/II/II professionals working at Amazon have rated their employer with 3.6 out of 5 stars in 956 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Amazon employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Development Engineer I/II/II Jobs at Amazon now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Development Engineer I/II/II interview questions at Amazon .

Does Amazon pay Software Development Engineer I/II/II employees well?

Software Development Engineer I/II/II professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Amazon with 3.9 out of 5 stars based on 956 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 5.3% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Development Engineer I/II/II salaries at Amazon.

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What are the pros of working at Amazon according to real employee reviews?

"Pay is good but not worth the asks made from IT and how they are treated" ((in 19402 reviews)); "Their health benefits is good and their career choice is helpful to start a new career" ((in 13179 reviews)); "A lot of information that is useful and great people to go to when you need something" ((in 7769 reviews)); "The pay: the base salary is good and the sign on bonus was great." ((in 5768 reviews)); "The work culture is good and I never felt that I was new in the company" ((in 4816 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Amazon according to real employee reviews?

"You do work bloody hard and very long hours so there is no work life balance" ((in 10111 reviews)); "You work long hours and not as many breaks as you would like or need at times" ((in 7062 reviews)); "Poor management and it's difficult to get a hold of someone when there's a problem that needs fixing." ((in 6647 reviews)); "There are also bad managers that are rude and do not care about the feelings of their associates." ((in 5201 reviews)); "The company advertises peak season as the long hours and hard push but it really happens routinely throughout the year." ((in 2403 reviews))

Amazon Software Development Engineer I/II/II reviews

3.6

59% would recommend to a friend

(956 total reviews)

Andrew Jassy

22% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

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Software Development Engineer I/II/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 I/II/II professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer I/II/II professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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956 reviews

2.0

Jan 12, 2013

Get ti learn by hard work, but not enough

Software development engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

1. Good learning. 2. Knowledge gained for open source technologies. 3. Bulk and goog chunks of functionality to work on.

Cons

1. Worst work life balance. 2. Very bad management. 3. On call etc

3.0

Jan 10, 2013

Intense company. Intelligent and dedicated people

Software development engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Stock keeps going up :) Get to learn a lot from team mates. Great managers (for the most part) You can take on as much responsibility as you want and grow. Chance to be part of one of the fastest growing 100Billion company

Cons

on call job can be stress full at times a lot of people are workaholics which pushes everyone to work harder and harder

4.0

Dec 29, 2012

Work hard, work fast, work with deadlines : Delivery and get recognized

Software development engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good compensation, excellent job role flexibility, smart people, lot of independence and ability to show ownership.

Cons

work pressure, late nights, lots of management pressure(sometimes directly getting to engineers - which may not be the norm in a lot of companies), no HR intervention

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