Amazon Software Development Engineer reviews

3.5

53% would recommend to a friend

(3,326 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

37% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,326 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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3K reviews
2.0
Nov 3, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great pay and benefits incentives

Cons

Unmanageable workload, mass layoffs every few years, force compliance to use AI agents

4.0
Nov 2, 2025

Good

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work culture, Team, Growth, opportunities, salary

Cons

no, nothing, none, N/A, note

4.0
Nov 1, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- I work on a fairly stable team in terms of job stability but very slow career progression - Pay is okay

Cons

- Support isn't always there, but you have to learn to ask for it and you will get it

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