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Amazon Web Services Software Development Engineer II reviews

3.6

56% would recommend to a friend

(102 total reviews)
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Matt Garman

21% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer II employees have rated Amazon Web Services with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 102 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer II professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon Web Services is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer II professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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102 reviews
3.0
Jan 26, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- When you join an excellent team you'll have the best years of your engineer career. - Working on some of the best technology can put your career in hyper drive - Strong mentorship, and at its core a culture of learning from mistakes - Company really does seem to try its best to improve qualify of life for employees

Cons

- Bad teams or aggressive management can break everything, you can spend years doing great work, only to have it all fall apart before you understand what's happening - Unclear performance targets - Problematic org politics

1.0
Nov 24, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pay Pay Pay Joining Bonus Pay

Cons

No work life balance No empathy for an engineer No sympathy from Team members Most folks who survive at Amazon are the ones who join in early to understand the politics or don't have a life outside of work at all.

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