Amazon Software Development Engineering I reviews

3.7

51% would recommend to a friend

(555 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

40% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineering I employees have rated Amazon with 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 555 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineering I professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineering I professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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4.0
Jan 13, 2009
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Pros

I highly recommend Amazon. As an engineer, you have a vast amount of resources and tools to get the job done and the infrastructure is such that you don't have to bug IT to install this and that on your servers (unlike other companies). Your team takes ownership of almost every aspect of your product, so there is a lot of opportunity to improve how it runs with limited red tape. There is a huge emphasis on working on large-scale systems which is both fun and an educational experience.

Cons

As owner of your product, your team will also respond to downtime, most likely with a pager rotation. Depending on your team, you might experience some micromanagement from the Senior Management, but in my experience it happened on an occasion rather than constant basis. Also, sometimes the autonomy that teams have can be detrimental to cooperation. Some times work is duplicated instead of shared properly.

4.0
Aug 30, 2008
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Pros

Great place to get started. You can work with a lot of difference technologies and get the Amazon stamp of approval on your resume.

Cons

My personal experience as an SDE Intern screened me from a lot of the downsides of working at Amazon, but I know many other fellow interns whom had to work continuous extra hours (all the time, not just at push). In addition the Amazon work model lends itself to being "on-call" - a.k.a. giving up your personal life for a week once every two months to support your team's software.

4.0
Aug 20, 2008
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Pros

Amazon provides excellent starting salaries to interns and recent college grads. The benefits and moving packages are excellent and they help you get settled in. The atmosphere is comfortable. While you are only one person in a large company you will find it easy to meet others and they do a good job of helping you feel like part of the team.

Cons

The excellent starting pay may not increase as much as you would like it too after working there for a while. If your team is small expect to be on call a lot and when you are on call expect there to be a lot of problems and little sleep.

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