Amazon Software Development Engineer II reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(955 total reviews)
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19% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer II employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 955 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer II professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon 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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955 reviews
4.0
Sep 27, 2024
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Pros

* Unparalleled Career Growth * High Compensation * Less Bureaucracy * Easy to Switch Teams * Industry Leader in Cloud * Good Peers * Good Build Systems/ Dev Tooling

Cons

* Your experience is very team/manager dependent especially On-Call Rotations * High Manager churn; 3 in the last calendar year alone (some have no direct manager) * Constant re-orgs; 5 in the last 2 years in my department * Unpopular mandates from C-Suite leadership damage morale (RTO) followed by layoffs * Just do it culture can lead to interruption via DM/emails/random meetings during high priority work

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