Amazon Senior Software Developer reviews

3.5

62% would recommend to a friend

(680 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

42% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Senior Software Developer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 680 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Senior Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Senior Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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680 reviews
5.0
Feb 10, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Full of smart and proactive people. Good pay and benefit. Skyrocketing stocks. Various learning opportunities in many different areas. Good work/life balance. Great work culture.

Cons

As an engineer, you would be coding a lot less than you would at other smaller companies. Sometimes too many meetings even for engineers. Not many system design opportunities in many teams.

4.0
Feb 2, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Lot of things to learn, innovative work. - Opportunities to develop skills in the multiple areas i.e. technical and leadership. - Easy to move around domains or teams if you are bored or dissatisfied.

Cons

- Promotion does not come by easily. - Work-life balance is not bad but can be improved. - Perks

2.0
Jan 14, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work with really smart people Work with exciting technologies - AWS, ML, etc Fast pace , you'll never get bored.

Cons

No work / life balance. Amazon is your life Amazon transfers the risk from them to you. You are on the hook for relocation expenses and return expenses if things go South. Pay is not competitive for Seattle area. The cost of buying leasing home and maintaining a vehicle are prohibitive. Amazon does not take that into consideration when making you an offer. Job deteriorates after the 2 months on-boarding runway. It's like falling from top of the ladder to deep end of the pool. Training is a joke. You should already know everything or be ready to learn what you need for your job your own time.

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