Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE2) reviews

3.3

50% would recommend to a friend

(506 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

25% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer (SDE2) employees have rated Amazon with 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 506 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer (SDE2) professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer (SDE2) professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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506 reviews
5.0
Feb 7, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

life work balance, smart ppl

Cons

low value stuff, ever-changing teammate

3.0
Jun 22, 2014

Brutal load, but very agile.

Recommend
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Pros

Frugality. You will know exactly how much revenue your team is making and how much you are spending and learn to optimize it. You will own products and systems and feel like you are involved in projects that have several times more engineers in competing companies. Compensation is good. People are smart. Development is as agile as Java stack allows. Management is very technical.

Cons

Frugality. From the desks that were previously doors to displays that will hurt your eyes to laptops that are not much more than bricks. Brutal workload. You will always be behind on all projects, no matter how good you are. Shifting requirements. Anything you need to do may change tomorrow. Zero positive reinforcement. Again, no matter how good you are, you are always behind and management will make sure you will know that.

5.0
May 22, 2014

Great Development Culture

Recommend
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Pros

Brilliant coworkers Tough and interesting problems to solve Culture and tools to enable development Good compensation Small teams means lots of ownership

Cons

High expectations for output can lead to periods of poor work life balance Annual reviews, otherwise you need to be very proactive about seeking feedback

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