Amazon Sr. Software Engineer reviews

3.5

65% would recommend to a friend

(732 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

47% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Sr. Software Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 732 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Sr. Software Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Sr. Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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732 reviews
4.0
Jan 13, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great and interesting work. Working at Amazon provides great impact.

Cons

Intense. The culture really depends a lot on your team. A bad team can guide you to a bad experience.

4.0
Jan 12, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- pay is good - healthcare is great - managers write promo docs, and are judged for their ability at this - lots of culture around mechanisms which in theory drive less emotional decision making - adequate work life balance

Cons

- return to office policies - layoffs, some silent, with no announcement - some teams have terrible work life balance - culture encourages tech debt

3.0
Jan 9, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

good pay, good team structure

Cons

Leadership does not listen to engineers

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