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

Software Development Engineering professionals working at Amazon have rated their employer with 3.5 out of 5 stars in 6,799 Glassdoor reviews. This is an average score with the overall rating of Amazon employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Development Engineering Jobs at Amazon now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Development Engineering interview questions at Amazon .

Does Amazon pay Software Development Engineering employees well?

Software Development Engineering professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Amazon with 4.0 out of 5 stars based on 6,799 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 7.8% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Development Engineering salaries at Amazon.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Amazon?

Warehouse Associate (11108) , Warehouse Worker (6913) , Associate (6208) , Software Engineer (6153) , Area Manager (5691) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (3507) , Fulfillment Associate (3406) , Software Development Engineer (3178) , Customer Service Representative (3042) , Program Manager (2477) , Operations Manager (2295) , Customer Service Associate (2216) , Sortation Associate (1865) , Manager (1455) , Process Assistant (1422)

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 19531 reviews)); "Their health benefits is good and their career choice is helpful to start a new career." ((in 13294 reviews)); "A lot of information that is useful and great people to go to when you need something" ((in 7784 reviews)); "It's a very huge company all around the world and it keep satisfying their employees with good salary and accommodation" ((in 5825 reviews)); "The work culture is good and I never felt that I was new in the company" ((in 4855 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 10148 reviews)); "You work long hours and not as many breaks as you would like or need at times" ((in 7104 reviews)); "Bad management always yelling at employees the turn around ratio of hiring and letting people go is really awful." ((in 6707 reviews)); "There are also bad managers that are rude and do not care about the feelings of their associates." ((in 5202 reviews)); "The company advertises peak season as the long hours and hard push but it really happens routinely throughout the year." ((in 2406 reviews))

Amazon Software Development Engineering reviews

3.5

57% would recommend to a friend

(6,799 total reviews)

Andrew Jassy

40% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

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Software Development Engineering employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 6,799 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineering professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineering professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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7K reviews

4.0

Oct 7, 2014

Good for new grad, but need to improve

Software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

A good place to work hard.

Cons

No one cares your life and no one will stop you from burning yourself with extra works. You have to learn how to stop.

3.0

Sep 30, 2014

It was ok

Software development engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

1) You may be working on really cool projects

Cons

1) You may get stuck with really boring project for long time 2) Many junior devs in some orgs; 3) SDE2 role is too wide (recent new grads who got promoted and people with more than 8 years of industry experience) 4) Really hard to get promotion from SDE2 to SDE3; 5) Cheap hardware; 6) Stock vesting schedule is quite unfair; 7) No cash bonuses for performance, additional stock bonuses no earlier than after 1 year of employment; 8) No free lunches or basic snacks;

2.0

Sep 26, 2014

No longer a place where "builders can build". Mediocre company with mediocre pay & benefits relative to industry.

Software development engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- several businesses are industry-leading and will continue to do well (Amazon retail, AWS, Kindle) - internal developer tools and expertise is still a great asset

Cons

- increase in management levels, degrading talent, and churn is leading to a slower company with poorer quality products - hiring bar getting lower; best employees are leaving since there is nothing particularly attractive to retain them - mediocre pay and benefits relative to an overall tech industry that pays very generously - stock at current price has limited upside compared to industry

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