Is Amazon a good company to work for as a Software Developer?

Software Developer professionals working at Amazon have rated their employer with 3.5 out of 5 stars in 6,254 Glassdoor reviews. This is an average score with the overall rating of Amazon employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Developer Jobs at Amazon now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Developer interview questions at Amazon .

Does Amazon pay Software Developer employees well?

Software Developer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Amazon with 3.9 out of 5 stars based on 6,254 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 5.3% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Developer salaries and benefits at Amazon .

How happy are Software Developer professionals working at Amazon?

55% of Software Developer employees at Amazon would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 4% in the past 12 months. Software Developer professionals have also rated Amazon with a 2.8 rating for work-life-balance, 3.5 rating for diversity and inclusion, 2.9 rating for culture and values and 3.8 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Amazon?

Warehouse Associate (11101) , Warehouse Worker (6898) , Associate (6204) , Software Engineer (6126) , Area Manager (5668) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (3495) , Fulfillment Associate (3404) , Software Development Engineer (3164) , Customer Service Representative (3039) , Program Manager (2470) , Operations Manager (2288) , Customer Service Associate (2213) , Sortation Associate (1860) , Manager (1455) , Process Assistant (1421)

What are the pros of working at Amazon according to real employee reviews?

"Pay is good but not worth the asks made from IT and how they are treated" ((in 19468 reviews)); "good benefits you have to get good benefits because everything else at amazon is terrible!!" ((in 13162 reviews)); "A lot of information that is useful and great people to go to when you need something" ((in 7765 reviews)); "It's a very huge company all around the world and it keeps satisfying its employees with a good salary." ((in 5730 reviews)); "The work culture is good and I never felt that I was new in the company" ((in 4763 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Amazon according to real employee reviews?

"You do work bloody hard and very long hours so there is no work life balance" ((in 10044 reviews)); "You work long hours and not as many breaks as you would like or need at times" ((in 7048 reviews)); "Bad management is very common here and very common to have managers who are out of touch with tech." ((in 6634 reviews)); "There are also bad managers that are rude and do not care about the feelings of their associates." ((in 5159 reviews)); "The company advertises peak season as the long hours and hard push but it really happens routinely throughout the year." ((in 2407 reviews))

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Amazon Software Developer reviews

3.5

55% would recommend to a friend

(6,254 total reviews)

Andrew Jassy

43% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Career opportunities

3.5

Diversity & inclusion

2.9

Culture & values

2.8

Work/Life balance

2.8

Senior management

Software Developer Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 6,254 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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6K reviews

4.0

Oct 25, 2015

Varied technologies and subcultures

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Tremendous scope for going in different professional directions in different domains, with different technologies, etc. Very different work environments/cultures in different parts of the company. Reports of slave-driving behavior generally exaggerated. No sense of robotic corporate kool-aid that all must drink. Competitive compensation, pleasant location, looks good on resume, etc.

Cons

Level of intensity and creative chaos in some groups may be overwhelming for some. Preponderance of young, ambitious, hyper-focused, look-alike engineers. Demanding, not always family-friendly. Rather Darwinian approach to performance management.

2.0

Oct 22, 2015

Good for 2 years after grad school

Software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

fast learning, edge of the technology, extreme freedom, get to own entire systems end to end, get to see the entire process of how products are developed.

Cons

no work life balance, software developers are not respected in general. Too many hacky things as part of the culture.

5.0

Oct 14, 2015

good experience

Software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good experience here and good employer

Cons

The work is too busy

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