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Leave as soon as you Can - Software Engineer II Amazon Web Services Employee Review

2.0
Feb 6, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

You get to work on massive scale systems and the learning curve is really high. If you are a workaholic, you'll get to learn a lot.

Cons

Pretty much everything other than learning opportunity. Company culture is really toxic, no real benefits and climbing the ladder is really hard nowadays. One bad manager can completely ruin your experience here. My advice is to join Amazon only if it's your only offer or you think you can survive in an extremely fast-paced and often stressful environment. Give up your job security and start looking for exit options within two years.

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5.0
Jun 26, 2026
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Pros

Awesome team - great culture. Very customer focused.

Cons

It's not a great fit for folks who are not aligned to the culture.

3.0
Jun 21, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Ambitious projects if you're in the right team. Typically great team-mates. Don't believe the memes, the ppl are not back stabbing jerks but are overall genuinely nice. Not constrained by budgets when building cool things. Tools while sometimes clunky are powerful.

Cons

Schizophrenic lack of focus, entire teams get split, merged and upended multiple times a quarter. Some product managers are disconnected from reality. It didn't use to be the case, the PM-Ts were previously top notch. You're pushed to vibe code everything. Established products with loyal customers are getting neglected. Newer VP level leaders don't seem to know what they are doing. Veteran OG VP level leaders are either leaving in droves or seem stressed or checked out.

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