Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE) Intern reviews

4.0

75% would recommend to a friend

(319 total reviews)
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58% approve of CEO

80% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer SDE Intern employees have rated Amazon with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 319 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer SDE Intern professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer SDE Intern professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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319 reviews
2.0
Aug 10, 2025

Too big for its own good

Recommend
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Pros

- Exposure to large-scale distributed systems and complex architecture - Opportunities to work with talented engineers (less of this lately as all the good ones are being driven out by incompetent managers) - High ownership and autonomy in some teams

Cons

- Increasing focus on delivering projects at all costs, leading to technical debt and unstable systems - Frequent leadership changes and shifting priorities without a clear long-term vision - Multiple overlapping projects competing internally rather than collaborating - Promotions often tied to quick wins, leaving long-term maintainability for others to fix - Recent gen AI push with tracking of tool usage, commit counts, etc. that appears to be a setup for upcoming layoffs

4.0
Aug 1, 2025

Day 1 culture

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

If you continue to work at high pace, you would be able to move to next levels. Your work will be recognized.

Cons

High expectations and comes with pressure

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