Amazon Systems Development Engineer II reviews

3.6

49% would recommend to a friend

(93 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

35% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Systems Development Engineer II employees have rated Amazon with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 93 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Systems Development Engineer II professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Systems Development Engineer II professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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93 reviews
1.0
Jul 29, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Well paying, until it's not.

Cons

Managers are incentivized to lie and create impossible performance goals for ICs in order to push them out. Stressful as hell doing everything you think you can, even when seeking feedback, only to be told it's all wrong.

5.0
Jul 6, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I have results-based objectives are almost always solved, and solveable with, code --and now code +agentic ai to hit scale-- so there is never time stuck in 'toil' work.

Cons

This is a minor gripe compared to the above, but full time office is a wash for my personal productivity, but it's a lot easier now that my kids are older.

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