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SDM review - Software Development Manager Amazon Web Services Employee Review

5.0
Nov 15, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- each team works like a startup - choose your own stack - be responsible for your own choices - learn A LOT!

Cons

- A lot of pressure around Re:invent time. Not really a con, but be ready to work!

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5.0
Jun 18, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good mentorship. Learned a lot.

Cons

High performance didn't translate into full time offer

3.0
Jun 21, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Ambitious projects if you're in the right team. Typically great team-mates. Don't believe the memes, the ppl are not back stabbing jerks but are overall genuinely nice. Not constrained by budgets when building cool things. Tools while sometimes clunky are powerful.

Cons

Schizophrenic lack of focus, entire teams get split, merged and upended multiple times a quarter. Some product managers are disconnected from reality. It didn't use to be the case, the PM-Ts were previously top notch. You're pushed to vibe code everything. Established products with loyal customers are getting neglected. Newer VP level leaders don't seem to know what they are doing. Veteran OG VP level leaders are either leaving in droves or seem stressed or checked out.

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