Amazon Software Development Engineer reviews

3.5

54% would recommend to a friend

(3,327 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

37% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,327 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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3K reviews
3.0
Mar 23, 2026

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Pros

Lots of AI tools Can learn a lot about AWS usage

Cons

Poor WLB + oncall shift (no money) Poor benefits Manager will just keep piling up more work and ask you to finish in original planned time

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