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
4.0
Feb 12, 2023
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Pros

Really great opportunity to work with some of the smartest people in their fields. I'm well equipped (knowledge, equipment, independence) to do my job well. Fair compensation.

Cons

High pressure from day 1 to perform - if you thrive in that environment then it's great, but definitely there are others who get in to get out (build your comp/skills then move to a different company). This isn't a company where you can sit back and daydream.

5.0
Jun 1, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Especially in AWS there are very few places where you get to engineer systems that work at such a high scale. Completely different tier of distributed system challenge. I have always been able to set a reasonable work-life balance.

Cons

Right now compensation is still primarily stock-based and the current price is well below recent grant prices. Most teams require oncall rotation which can be challenging. Working with other teams to get on their roadmaps for an integration is sometimes hard.

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