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Amazon Robotics Software Development Engineer (SDE) II reviews

3.0

54% would recommend to a friend

(20 total reviews)

35% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer (SDE) II employees have rated Amazon Robotics with 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 20 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer (SDE) II professionals have an average working experience there. Amazon Robotics is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer (SDE) II professionals compared to other employers within the Manufactura industry (3.5 stars).

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20 reviews
3.0
Sep 27, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent pay and world-class benefits, interesting problems to solve and (at least on my team) good front-line management. My immediate team, manager, and skip level were all fantastic and I'd happily work with them again.

Cons

Upper to mid management sees people as interchangeable parts that are below them, plus there's opaqueness in leadership and occasional outright gaslighting. I left on my own after layoffs. Engineers that had worked there for 7+ years got laid off either seemingly at random or based on what axed project they were working on. Worse, they only found out they were laid off when they tried to go between the warehouse/factory and office space and *their keycards no longer left.*because by dumb luck they were assigned to the wrong one). Worse, they only found out they were laid off when they tried to go between the warehouse/factory and office space and *their keycards no longer worked. That didn't make me leave, but it did worry me. The straw that broke the camel's back was when they took away 5-hour Fridays and claimed that it was never a perk (it was explicitly to let folks spend time with loved ones), it was to help with Friday traffic, which didn't matter with hybrid. It wasn't the removal of the perk, it was that they lied about it. I can't work for management that lies about even the little things.

2.0
Aug 20, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Get to work on cutting edge automation technology - Work with lots of talented and dedicated people - Pay is still better than most other tech companies

Cons

- Leadership keeps cutting headcount but demanding more leading to 60+ hour work weeks. - So much tech debt and on-call burden. Everything is barely working because there have been 3 straight years of agressive deadlines without the neccesary resources. - The demand to use AI is constant, but the expectations of AI in our use-cases are unrealistic. - Promotions have become non-existent. - The pattern of overwork extends to leadership, which results in a constant lack of vision and a complete disconnect from our customers that has become noticably worse over the past 2-3 years.

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