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Amazon Web Services Software Developer reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(877 total reviews)
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Matt Garman

49% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Software Developer Engineer employees have rated Amazon Web Services with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 877 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon Web Services is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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877 reviews
4.0
Feb 23, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Money is good, so there is that

Cons

Very poor leadership in most orgs

3.0
Feb 23, 2026

SWE in AWS

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

better tech stack, normalized career path

Cons

slow promotion, high variance in team

2.0
Feb 22, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work with smart people and projects can be complex/interesting

Cons

- Company tries to control you over things that don't matter i.e. first RTO3 then RTO5 then rumors of tracking average in office hours a day. When does it stop? Why does it matter? No autonomy as grown adults - Not a blameless culture, teams/individuals quick to throw others under the bus when an issue arises - RSU grants are based on an expected 15% YoY growth and we are well below that target - Seems like we were once industry leaders and now just playing catch up to companies who are doing better in certain verticals - Under the guise of the leadership principle of "frugality", the company nickels and dimes the perks given to employees. If you are forcing people to come into the office at least give them a reason to want to come in instead of charging them $10 for a crappy sandwich

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