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 6,766 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 6,766 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 and benefits at Amazon .

What are the top reviewed jobs at Amazon?

Warehouse Associate (11092) , Warehouse Worker (6897) , Associate (6198) , Software Engineer (6117) , Area Manager (5658) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (3492) , Fulfillment Associate (3404) , Software Development Engineer (3160) , Customer Service Representative (3039) , Program Manager (2467) , Operations Manager (2282) , Customer Service Associate (2212) , Sortation Associate (1859) , Manager (1453) , Process Assistant (1418)

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 19250 reviews)); "Their health benefits is good and their career choice is helpful to start a new career." ((in 12978 reviews)); "A lot of information that is useful and great people to go to when you need something" ((in 7654 reviews)); "It's a very huge company all around the world and it keeps satisfying its employees with a good salary." ((in 5694 reviews)); "The work culture is good and I never felt that I was new in the company" ((in 4857 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 10046 reviews)); "You work long hours and not as many breaks as you would like or need at times" ((in 7088 reviews)); "Poor management and it's difficult to get a hold of someone when there's a problem that needs fixing." ((in 6656 reviews)); "There are also bad managers that are rude and do not care about the feelings of their associates." ((in 5173 reviews)); "The company advertises peak season as the long hours and hard push but it really happens routinely throughout the year." ((in 2410 reviews))

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Amazon Software Development Engineering reviews

3.5

56% would recommend to a friend

(6,766 total reviews)

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

5.0

Jun 11, 2008

Great place, great pay, HARD work, fun atmosphere

Software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Amazon pays really well and lets you pursue your interests within the company. There are so many different types of engineering jobs available, you wouldn't believe it.

Cons

Only has offices in the city

5.0

Jun 11, 2008

Great place to learn, schedule is a strain.

Software development engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Learn the workings of a large distributed system and huge world-class website; learn technologies and software development ideas from coworkers. Good money.

Cons

The on-call load and pager duty is onerous for Software Engineers maintaining servers. Promotions are rare. There are many non-technical managers leading technical teams. Frequent re-orgs are confusing and disruptive. Java-obsession in some parts.

4.0

Jun 11, 2008

Totally worth the experience

Software development engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The engineers are generally motivated and talented. Incompetent people get fired (that sounds scary, but the opposite is true). There are interesting problems to solve. The pay is good to very good. Engineers, generally speaking, get more respect at Amazon than other companies for which I have worked.

Cons

Like everywhere I have worked, some groups are better than others. Also, the overall quality of managers seems poor compared to other companies. I think that is because they get burned out and quit.

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