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      Amazon Senior Software Developer reviews

      3.5

      61% would recommend to a friend

      (680 total reviews)
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      Andrew Jassy

      42% approve of CEO

      65% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.8

      Compensation and benefits

      3.5

      Career opportunities

      3.4

      Diversity & inclusion

      2.9

      Culture & values

      2.8

      Senior management

      2.5

      Work/Life balance

      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
      4.0
      Dec 27, 2015

      AWS / New product teams are great.

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      AWS and Amazon Digital are great places to work. Lots of new product developments happening there. AWS Database services is especially cutting edge work. Customer obsession. Products and technology are built not just because it's possible, but also because it is useful to customer. Most companies just do things to improve Ads which I don't think improves the life of the customer. Salaries of top performers are at-par of better than what industry offers. Excellent operational focus.

      Cons

      Salaries of average performers below par what others at industry offers. Less guidance in climbing up career ladder. Some parts of the company have lots of legacy systems. Heavy on operations and low on new product development. New product developments are fast paced. Not a place for those wanting a good work-life balance and lots of perks (e.g. free lunch) to boast about.

      2.0
      Oct 28, 2015

      SDE 3

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      a lot of time to make a decision

      Cons

      too much meetings, really slow in turning around and making crucial decisions

      1.0
      Aug 28, 2015

      Avoid if have better options but get exp as much as you can and leave this toxic place.

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      One of the pros working at Amazon is that you are expected to have a complete ownership of whatever you are doing, and there isn't a lot of hand-holding either. You are expected to sort of "get-it" and start contributing right away.

      Cons

      Once the honeymoon is over, you will see AMZN working env is full of bad politics and red tapes. Performance review is totally useless and biased. No managers really cared about your career goals even if you are a high performer, unless your manager really "likes" you. AMZN is a very internally competitive place to work to the point of being unhealthy. Beware of subtle backstabbing teammates, don't trust your team easily. AMZN workplace has a low diversity and I can safely say there are some negative biases towards minorities. Avoid AMZN if you have better options.

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