Is Amazon a good company to work for as a Software Development Engineer III?

Software Development Engineer III professionals working at Amazon have rated their employer with 3.4 out of 5 stars in 67 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Amazon employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Development Engineer III Jobs at Amazon now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Development Engineer III interview questions at Amazon .

Does Amazon pay Software Development Engineer III employees well?

Software Development Engineer III professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Amazon with 4.0 out of 5 stars based on 67 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 7.8% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Development Engineer III salaries and benefits at Amazon .

What are the top reviewed jobs at Amazon?

Warehouse Associate (11086) , Warehouse Worker (6894) , Associate (6196) , Software Engineer (6098) , Area Manager (5651) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (3485) , Fulfillment Associate (3403) , Software Development Engineer (3159) , Customer Service Representative (3037) , Program Manager (2463) , Operations Manager (2279) , Customer Service Associate (2212) , Sortation Associate (1858) , Manager (1453) , Process Assistant (1418)

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

"Pay is good but not worth the asks made from IT and how they are treated" ((in 19504 reviews)); "Their health benefits is good and their career choice is helpful to start a new career." ((in 13251 reviews)); "A lot of information that is useful and great people to go to when you need something" ((in 7731 reviews)); "It's a very huge company all around the world and it keeps satisfying its employees with a good salary." ((in 5811 reviews)); "The work culture is good and I never felt that I was new in the company" ((in 4858 reviews))

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

"You do work bloody hard and very long hours so there is no work life balance" ((in 10052 reviews)); "You work long hours and not as many breaks as you would like or need at times" ((in 7040 reviews)); "Poor management can lead to unnecessary stress and even impact your standing within the company." ((in 6644 reviews)); "There are also bad managers that are rude and do not care about the feelings of their associates." ((in 5144 reviews)); "The company advertises peak season as the long hours and hard push but it really happens routinely throughout the year." ((in 2386 reviews))

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3.4

23% would recommend to a friend

(67 total reviews)

Andrew Jassy

23% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Compensation and benefits

3.0

Career opportunities

2.7

Work/Life balance

2.5

Diversity & inclusion

2.4

Culture & values

2.3

Senior management

Software Development Engineer III employees have rated Amazon with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 67 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer III professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer III professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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67 reviews

4.0

Sep 6, 2021

Result Oriented

Software development engineer iii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

1. Easy to switch between teams/ orgs across cities/ countries.

Cons

1. Some teams have bad work life balance.

3.0

Aug 16, 2021

Keep it less than 2 years

Software development engineer iii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Health Insurance Immigration Assistance Relocation Assistance (cash bonus and advisors) Signing Bonus Stock Options Decent working environment

Cons

Amazon specific tech-stack Too long on-boarding duration A lot of toxic people mostly managers Fictional leadership principles Everybody does everything

4.0

Jun 14, 2021

Your manager makes or breaks you

Software development engineer iii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Most people are smart, friendly, and happy. The pay is amazing and promotions are part of everyone's career. Get to work on top of the most wide-reaching technology and have the backing of such a large company.

Cons

If you let them, managers will devour your entire life and get rewarded for it. Not everyone, but enough people play dirty office-politics to make some departments fester and become downright poisonous. The "away-team" model (where you work on another team's codebase) is absolutely toxic. Avoid it at ALL COSTS. It will be the worst months of your life as you'll be expected to produce the most perfect code, improve another team's codebase, go oncall for them, and do it all faster while being slowed down by absurd kafkaesque processes On-call can ruin your personal and social life and sleep. You can be expected to work for 16-hours straight after waking up at 4 AM.

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