Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE) II reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(4,804 total reviews)
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45% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer (SDE II) employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 4,804 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer (SDE II) professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer (SDE II) professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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3.0
Mar 10, 2026

Amazon SDE 1 Review

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1. Good work experience 2. Nice exposure 3. Very good pay

Cons

1. Bad work life balance

5.0
Mar 9, 2026

Overall Nice Work Experience

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

good pay, variety of work, opportunity to move outside India

Cons

some teams have very bad work life balance, Difficult path to promotions from SDE-2 onwards

4.0
Mar 7, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

lot of growth and opportunity to learn

Cons

sometime hectic work and manager push so much as well

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