Amazing scale, great learning opportunity - Software Development Engineer II Amazon Employee Review

4.0
Sep 24, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

The scale at which AWS operates is just unparalleled. One gets to learn a lot through direct on-hands experience. Fast-paced environment. You get to see your product/code ship fast.

Cons

Pager duty is a bit of a drag, because you can get paged in the middle of the night. Depending on the team, pager duty may end up being for a day, every few days or a week every few months.

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5.0
Jul 4, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Cross training that helps for faster growth and more experience.

Cons

Sometimes you gotta hurry and find equipment or pit equipment before others snag them and leave you with the “bad” ones. That take forever to get repaired.

5.0
Jan 10, 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Really smart people, a lot of opportunity for growth, always encouraged to be innovative, think big, and create something new. Competitive salary and benefits with other major tech companies. 100% self motivating work environment. No dress code and 4 legged friends are welcome.

Cons

You have to be self motivated. NO ONE will hold your hand and tell you that you're doing a great job. If you need constant affirmations from management, this company isn't for you.

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