Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE) II reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(4,804 total reviews)
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45% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer (SDE II) employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 4,804 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer (SDE II) professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer (SDE II) professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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5K reviews
1.0
Mar 4, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

* Learn to operate high scale services

Cons

* Spend every waking moment of your life worrying about office politics * Be prepared to be at manager's beck and call * Unless you are a type A personality aggressively aggrandizing, boasting every little thing you deliver and nitpicking others mistakes forget about career development

3.0
Mar 3, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Challenge works day to day.

Cons

RTO 5 is required now

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