Amazon Software Development Engineer II reviews

3.6

58% would recommend to a friend

(954 total reviews)
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19% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer II employees have rated Amazon with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 954 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer II professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer II professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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954 reviews
4.0
Jun 17, 2014

SDE II

Recommend
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Pros

Good people - some of the best I've ever worked with Fun work environment Great tech Great technical problems. Great infrastructure

Cons

Bad benefits - almost zero perks for employees. Lots of people burn out - you must learn to say no! Needless, short-sighted frugality

4.0
Jun 13, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Ownership - Customer focus - Self driven. You can seek to understand bigger picture if you want or focus in your specialities. - Easy to change teams. - Fast paced still ready to acquire latest technologies - No limit to the responsibility you can take.

Cons

- Grown potential limited. - No encouragement from manager about the career growth unless you seek out. - Overwhelming first year - Goals/deadline mostly unrealistic

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