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 6,790 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 6,790 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 (11107) , Warehouse Worker (6905) , Associate (6207) , Software Engineer (6146) , Area Manager (5683) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (3503) , Fulfillment Associate (3405) , Software Development Engineer (3174) , Customer Service Representative (3042) , Program Manager (2475) , Operations Manager (2292) , Customer Service Associate (2215) , Sortation Associate (1864) , Manager (1454) , 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 19444 reviews)); "Their health benefits is good and their career choice is helpful to start a new career." ((in 13239 reviews)); "A lot of information that is useful and great people to go to when you need something" ((in 7758 reviews)); "The pay: the base salary is good and the sign on bonus was great." ((in 5821 reviews)); "The work culture is good and I never felt that I was new in the company" ((in 4851 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 10078 reviews)); "You work long hours and not as many breaks as you would like or need at times" ((in 7059 reviews)); "Poor management and it's difficult to get a hold of someone when there's a problem that needs fixing." ((in 6620 reviews)); "There are also bad managers that are rude and do not care about the feelings of their associates." ((in 5223 reviews)); "The company advertises peak season as the long hours and hard push but it really happens routinely throughout the year." ((in 2408 reviews))

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3.5

57% would recommend to a friend

(6,790 total reviews)

Andrew Jassy

40% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Compensation and benefits

3.9

Career opportunities

3.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.0

Culture & values

2.8

Senior management

2.7

Work/Life balance

Software Development Engineering employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 6,790 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

Nov 26, 2013

Software engineer -- learning lots of things at the early stage of your career, while lacking real senior engineers

Software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

broad Java technical stack high volume hard problems decent payment

Cons

high work load lacking real senior engineers not enough time for development

2.0

Nov 21, 2013

Good learning experience.

Software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You get to learn lots of technologies very quickly. Very fast release cycles. Fast paced culture.

Cons

Individual growth is very limited. It mostly depends on your managers. Very stressful and work-life balance is not good.

5.0

Nov 19, 2013

It is fast pacing and dynamic

Software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Intense work life, definitely learnt a lot of stuff. Great location, great people around. Very easy to talk to senior engineer

Cons

bad work life balance. Some teams has very bad on call policy, might need to go to office at 3:00 am.

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