Amazon Software Developer reviews

3.5

56% would recommend to a friend

(6,254 total reviews)
avatar

Andrew Jassy

43% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 6,254 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

6K reviews
3.0
Dec 6, 2025

Average

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good internal tools for productivity.

Cons

Not enough room for innovation.

2.0
Dec 5, 2025

Small cog, big machine

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Stock compensation is great, depending on how the market is doing

Cons

Hard to have an impact outside of your tiny little team. Enormous amount of tech debt. Stupidly onerous promotion process which encourages over-engineering for the sake of building up your portfolio.

Viewing 349 - 351 of 6,254 Reviews

Glassdoor has 251,317 Amazon reviews submitted anonymously by Amazon employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if Amazon is right for you.