Amazon Software Engineer reviews

3.5

54% would recommend to a friend

(6,222 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

42% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Software Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 6,222 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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6K reviews
4.0
May 30, 2026
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Pros

Pay is good, usually working with smart people.

Cons

Yearly layoffs, and recently upper level management micromanaging random metrics causing teams to scramble to create solutions to play numbers game with the metrics that don't actually solve real problems.

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