Is Amazon a good company to work for as a Software Development Engineering I?

Software Development Engineering I professionals working at Amazon have rated their employer with 3.8 out of 5 stars in 557 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Amazon employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Development Engineering I Jobs at Amazon now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Development Engineering I interview questions at Amazon .

Does Amazon pay Software Development Engineering I employees well?

Software Development Engineering I professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Amazon with 4.1 out of 5 stars based on 557 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 10.3% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Development Engineering I salaries at Amazon.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Amazon?

Warehouse Associate (11102) , Warehouse Worker (6902) , Associate (6204) , Software Engineer (6130) , Area Manager (5671) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (3495) , Fulfillment Associate (3404) , Software Development Engineer (3166) , Customer Service Representative (3040) , Program Manager (2471) , Operations Manager (2289) , Customer Service Associate (2213) , Sortation Associate (1862) , 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 19452 reviews)); "good benefits you have to get good benefits because everything else at amazon is terrible!!" ((in 13145 reviews)); "A lot of information that is useful and great people to go to when you need something" ((in 7763 reviews)); "It's a very huge company all around the world and it keeps satisfying its employees with a good salary." ((in 5794 reviews)); "The work culture is good and I never felt that I was new in the company" ((in 4820 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 10048 reviews)); "You work long hours and not as many breaks as you would like or need at times" ((in 7074 reviews)); "Bad management always yelling at employees the turn around ratio of hiring and letting people go is really awful." ((in 6656 reviews)); "There are also bad managers that are rude and do not care about the feelings of their associates." ((in 5170 reviews)); "The company advertises peak season as the long hours and hard push but it really happens routinely throughout the year." ((in 2418 reviews))

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Amazon Software Development Engineering I reviews

3.8

59% would recommend to a friend

(557 total reviews)

Andrew Jassy

40% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Career opportunities

4.1

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.4

Culture & values

3.3

Work/Life balance

2.9

Senior management

Software Development Engineering I employees have rated Amazon with 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 557 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineering I professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineering I professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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557 reviews

4.0

Nov 8, 2022

Internal tools are crap and your experience may vary

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Pros

Above average compensation, but, not as good as other FANG companies. Access to a lot of good engineers. Ownership of projects, but, your experience may vary. Small teams. Push for usage of Rust. Scale of problems. Looks very good on your resume. Clear path to promotion.

Cons

Internal tools are a complete and utter piece of crap. This one made me want to quit several times, coming from start ups, that would use the latest from open source tools. Goal for firings to management. No free food. :(

4.0

Oct 28, 2022

Havent been here long, pretty good so far

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Pros

I don't really see the pip culture, I know a friend who got pip'd before though. It's been pretty chill, velocity is kind of fast but not fintech-level insane as an sde 1

Cons

A lot of internal technologies that get kind of messy because of deprecation, etc. Kinda hard to onboard all of them.

5.0

Oct 25, 2022

Great learning environment

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Pros

Tons of work and hardworking co-workers

Cons

More work and more ambitious than can realistically be accomplished with the engineering resources we have.

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