Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE2) reviews

3.3

48% would recommend to a friend

(508 total reviews)
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23% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer SDE2 employees have rated Amazon with 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 508 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer SDE2 professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer SDE2 professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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508 reviews
3.0
Jun 22, 2014

Brutal load, but very agile.

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Pros

Frugality. You will know exactly how much revenue your team is making and how much you are spending and learn to optimize it. You will own products and systems and feel like you are involved in projects that have several times more engineers in competing companies. Compensation is good. People are smart. Development is as agile as Java stack allows. Management is very technical.

Cons

Frugality. From the desks that were previously doors to displays that will hurt your eyes to laptops that are not much more than bricks. Brutal workload. You will always be behind on all projects, no matter how good you are. Shifting requirements. Anything you need to do may change tomorrow. Zero positive reinforcement. Again, no matter how good you are, you are always behind and management will make sure you will know that.

5.0
May 22, 2014

Great Development Culture

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Pros

Brilliant coworkers Tough and interesting problems to solve Culture and tools to enable development Good compensation Small teams means lots of ownership

Cons

High expectations for output can lead to periods of poor work life balance Annual reviews, otherwise you need to be very proactive about seeking feedback

4.0
Apr 8, 2014

An interesting place to work

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Pros

A lot of new stuffs to work on, a lot of challenge to face. Less red tape.

Cons

Poor work life balance, a lot of pressure from upper management. Frugality makes people less happy

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