Amazon Software Development Engineer reviews

3.5

52% would recommend to a friend

(3,317 total reviews)
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34% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer I employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,317 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer I professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer I professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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4.0
Aug 19, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

1. Challenging problems (depending on which part you work on) 2. Fun environment 3. A lot of "not invented here" -- if you can play it right, you can build quite an engineering portfolio for yourself 4. If you are an adrenaline junkie -- you will enjoy the rush of having to fix a broken website in real-time. 5. Management seems to recognize some failures and is remedying them, slowly but surely.

Cons

1. Boring work (if you don't work in a good group) 2. Too much decentralization -- lots of inter-group bickering that wouldn't happen at other shops 3. Too much "not invented here"

4.0
Aug 7, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Interesting technologies, great new projects, with tremendous positive impact on the customer. It's a great place to learn about how to run a business. You can have exposure to as many facets as you please. It's relatively easy to move internally. Lots of great people who work in this company.

Cons

Operational load. It is assumed that employees also take on operational duties off hours during a prescribed rotational schedule. Depending on your team, this could be very taxing. Ideas a sought after, but they are rarely pursued, it is very hard to turn an idea into a product in any company but Amazon is still more corporate than startup in this aspect.

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