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      Amazon Software Development Engineering reviews

      3.5

      56% would recommend to a friend

      (6,766 total reviews)
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      Andrew Jassy

      39% approve of CEO

      53% 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 6,766 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
      Aug 20, 2008

      Excellent place to work with great starting pay with slightly too much demand for your personal time.

      Software development engineering
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Amazon provides excellent starting salaries to interns and recent college grads. The benefits and moving packages are excellent and they help you get settled in. The atmosphere is comfortable. While you are only one person in a large company you will find it easy to meet others and they do a good job of helping you feel like part of the team.

      Cons

      The excellent starting pay may not increase as much as you would like it too after working there for a while. If your team is small expect to be on call a lot and when you are on call expect there to be a lot of problems and little sleep.

      4.0
      Aug 19, 2008

      It's fun if you make it fun

      Software development engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      1. Challenging problems (depending on which part you work on) 2. Fun environment 3. A lot of "not invented here" -- if you can play it right, you can build quite an engineering portfolio for yourself 4. If you are an adrenaline junkie -- you will enjoy the rush of having to fix a broken website in real-time. 5. Management seems to recognize some failures and is remedying them, slowly but surely.

      Cons

      1. Boring work (if you don't work in a good group) 2. Too much decentralization -- lots of inter-group bickering that wouldn't happen at other shops 3. Too much "not invented here"

      3.0
      Aug 12, 2008

      You will do some great work, then burn out.

      Software development engineer ii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good brand recognition; it will work for your resume. You'll also get to work on some interesting projects and around really bright people. If you have a great idea and plenty of motivation, you may get a chance to champion your work.

      Cons

      Everyone makes a 24x7 commitment to their work and there is tremendous pressure. You will burn out; management is trained to recognize burn-out and offer you various forms of time off depending on the seriousness of the matter. Leadership also has a tendency to dabble in the weeds a bit; I've worked with Senior VPs who felt it necessary to review APIs and database models, mine metrics reports for flaws and question seating arrangements.

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