Amazon Software Development Engineer reviews

3.5

54% would recommend to a friend

(3,331 total reviews)
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37% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,331 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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4.0
Apr 14, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Knowledgeable co-workers from whom one can learn a lot. Develop a big-picture view of the business which is invaluable towards one's growth as a software developer. Competitive pay and time-off. Cab pikc-up and drop is very helpful. Flexible working hours as well as work-from-home a couple of times a month (depending on manager). Apparently easy to explore other teams after clocking in an year with a team.

Cons

Responsibility of maintaining one's code is a little painful - but helps in growth as a developer. On-call week - i.e. being single point of contact for technical (and sometimes business) issues of team for a week - is challenging in the beginning. Long learning curve, given the number of tools and frameworks one needs to be familiar with, in order to be effective. No additional perks as may be expected in some of the other top companies. Work-life balance tends to be more towards work.

4.0
Apr 7, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You will find opportunities here, if you work hard. You also get to learn lots of technical skills, across various areas. Working hour is flexible in my team (it may vary in different team), in the sense that you don't have to get to work at early morning, and you can freely WFH if you like, given that you finish your work.

Cons

You have to work hard to catch up. It will be critical/tricky for you to keep your work/life balance here.

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