Amazon Software Developer reviews

3.5

55% would recommend to a friend

(6,261 total reviews)
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43% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Software Developer Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 6,261 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
Mar 25, 2026

Overall okay

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

More sign-on bonus. A big company can give big-scale experience

Cons

Fewer benefits, less work-life balance

1.0
Mar 25, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- work on projects that have a real world impact - work on features that need to scale to millions

Cons

- its amazon - toxic workplace - lots of politics and redtape

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