Amazon Software Developer reviews

3.5

54% would recommend to a friend

(6,254 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

41% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Software Developer Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 6,254 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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6K reviews
3.0
Jun 18, 2026
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Pros

1. The company has a very mature set of internal developer tools, which makes day-to-day engineering work much more efficient. 2. Compensation is above average, though it is not necessarily industry-leading. 3. Internal team transfers are relatively easy compared with many other companies.

Cons

1. Office politics can be a serious issue. 2. Team culture varies a lot, and some teams have poor engineering or management cultures. 3. Many projects can feel low-impact or not very meaningful. 4. Because the company has strong internal tools and relies heavily on AWS, engineers may not always get much exposure to more transferable infrastructure or systems knowledge. This can be convenient, but it may also limit some learning opportunities for SDEs.

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