Is Amazon Web Services a good company to work for as a Systems Development Engineer?

Systems Development Engineer professionals working at Amazon Web Services have rated their employer with 3.2 out of 5 stars in 56 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Amazon Web Services employees being 3.6 out of 5 stars. Search open Systems Development Engineer Jobs at Amazon Web Services now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Systems Development Engineer interview questions at Amazon Web Services .

Does Amazon Web Services pay Systems Development Engineer employees well?

Systems Development Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Amazon Web Services with 3.7 out of 5 stars based on 56 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 5.3% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Systems Development Engineer salaries at Amazon Web Services.

How happy are Systems Development Engineer professionals working at Amazon Web Services?

34% of Systems Development Engineer employees at Amazon Web Services would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 30% in the past 12 months. Systems Development Engineer professionals have also rated Amazon Web Services with a 2.8 rating for work-life-balance, 3.4 rating for diversity and inclusion, 2.6 rating for culture and values and 3.3 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Amazon Web Services?

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What are the pros of working at Amazon Web Services according to real employee reviews?

"Pay is good for an intern and there’s a lot of room for growth because it’s a huge company" ((in 1169 reviews)); "It’s fun and the people are great" ((in 760 reviews)); "Learning is good and salary too" ((in 523 reviews)); "And also it offers good benefits" ((in 484 reviews)); "Very generous with budget (if your team is performing well and the economy is great)" ((in 438 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Amazon Web Services according to real employee reviews?

"No work life balance and I don’t recommend If anyone looking for 9" ((in 897 reviews)); "Poor management can lead to unnecessary stress and even impact your standing within the company." ((in 435 reviews)); "You can get bad managers and or teams which can hinder growth and mental health." ((in 386 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs without notice or explanation (employees encouraged to "focus on work" and not worry about layoff speculation)." ((in 241 reviews)); "Poor leadership and will want to reach pip quota" ((in 239 reviews))

Amazon Web Services Systems Development Engineer reviews

3.2

34% would recommend to a friend

(56 total reviews)

Matt Garman

18% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

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Systems Development Engineer employees have rated Amazon Web Services with 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 56 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Systems Development Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon Web Services is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Systems Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

56 reviews

4.0

Feb 18, 2024

working here is an experience, If you don't have one then you are not missing anything big.

Systems development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- You will get to work on bigger scale, any action can impact thousands of customers. - You will get to work with some smart minds on this planet.

Cons

You will not get to work with latest technologies because softwares which are getting used in amazon are no where getting used and it is not possible to migrate whole to new software without bringing down whole amazon more than once in a year.

4.0

Feb 6, 2024

not that bad

System development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

flexible, stable in the cleared division

Cons

having to go to physical office, peer rating system is meant to cull the workforce

3.0

Jan 29, 2024

Get in and get out

System development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Really big company and fast paced. You will get to work on some really cool things. The pay is very good.

Cons

Oncall can be crazy You will either love it or hate it based on your manager. Most of what you will work on won't help you outside of AWS.

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