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Amazon Web Services

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Great company overall, great place to start out - Software Development Engineer II Amazon Web Services Employee Review

5.0
Apr 27, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Starting right out of college, Amazon provided me with a great environment to grow core team software development skills like writing design docs well, escalating where appropriate, clean code, etc. Teammates are intelligent and helpful, seldom had a bad collaborative experience. There exist opportunities for job growth, if you actively look for them. Management does a pretty good job of giving those opportunities to promising underlings.

Cons

AWS generally prefers to use proprietary internal tooling instead of industry standard solutions. Devs use totally-not-Docker package management, totally-not-Asana scrum planning tools, and a totally-not-GitHub collaborative review interface. These tools are all fully functional, but they don't always have the best user interfaces, making onboarding to them a bit of a hassle for new devs. These proprietary tools also silo existing AWS devs into the AWS infrastructure.

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Pros

Working with latest and greatest technology

Cons

Work life balance is challenging

3.0
Jul 1, 2026
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Pros

- Strong place to be early in your career as it provides valuable training and the brand recognition can create strong future opportunities. - Is great if you’re interested in what you’re doing/selling

Cons

- 5 days in office is not great for work/life balance - If your manager doesn’t like you, good luck! - 401k match is lower than most companies - Base salary compensation is weak compared to other big tech - Leveling/career progression is near impossible due to reorgs leading to a promotion “freeze” - Role can evolve over time in ways that may not align with original job expectations

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