Amazon Senior Software Development Engineer reviews

3.5

45% would recommend to a friend

(108 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

12% approve of CEO

37% positive business outlook

Senior Software Development Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 108 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Senior Software Development Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Senior Software Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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108 reviews
5.0
Sep 20, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Work at the bleeding edge in robotics, swarm robotics, logistics, machine learning, and optimization -Design, build, and deploy infrastructure to meet global demand at a dizzying pace -Work closely with academia to stay flush with the latest methods -See your own ideas deployed at scale -See your work benefit the general public -Benefit from many opportunities for career development -Enjoy many opportunities for educational outreach -Do company-sponsored charity work -Be surrounded by brilliant people all the time -Enjoy flexible schedule -Watch fleets of robots daily -Take part in Orange Week, which is the best new hire orientation ever

Cons

-Staggering pace of growth can sometimes mean late nights, but in my experience, this has been minimal -Cubicles rather than enclosed offices -Many new employees don't have personal desks because of -Conference rooms and other group resources often contested

5.0
Apr 15, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Big opportunities, work satisfaction, immediate realization of customer impact, big ROI for the hard work and big impact. Always fun to work on any project.

Cons

Operations load and resource crunch can sometimes affect the productivity and slow down innovation.

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