Amazon Senior Software Developer reviews

3.5

62% would recommend to a friend

(680 total reviews)
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42% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Senior Software Developer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 680 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Senior Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Senior Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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680 reviews
3.0
Apr 28, 2024

Mixed bag

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Pros

Good opportunity to learn and solve problems at scale.

Cons

Recently, Amazon has scaled back new investments in many projects so job safety is a concern.

4.0
Apr 28, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Work on challenging problems which have complexities in addition to just scale. - The work and people help to develop a sense of leadership and ownerhip. -

Cons

- Stakeholder management becomes everybody's concern and project intakes and timelines end up being dependent too much on other teams,

1.0
Apr 26, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Looks good on your resume.

Cons

Very political. Everyone is mostly motivated by their own personal careers. They make it very obvious that they view their employees as a cost that needs to be minimized.

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