Amazon Software Developer reviews

3.5

55% would recommend to a friend

(6,260 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

43% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Software Developer Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 6,260 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 Informatique industry (3.9 stars).

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6K reviews
3.0
Apr 10, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Large company, good opportunities to meet lots of ppl. (many of them are smart and nice). Salary ok.

Cons

Wired culture, lots of layoffs and reorgs. Experience highly dependent on managers and many of them are not good.

5.0
Apr 9, 2026

Software Engineer

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

you get to work on the production grade systems and get a lot of experience

Cons

Work life balance is absent

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