Amazon Software Development Engineer II reviews

3.6

58% would recommend to a friend

(954 total reviews)
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19% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer II employees have rated Amazon with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 954 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer II professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer II professionals compared to other employers within the Informatique industry (3.9 stars).

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3.0
Jul 2, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Pays well in general, although lower on FAANG totem pole. Ability to freely work with AWS ecosystem and lots of opportunities to move around. Working with some truly excellent engineers. Great name recognition.

Cons

Stack ranking is used, can lead to toxic environments and managers. The overhead of development can be especially burdensome, with round after round of product meetings, design reviews, code reviews, as well as scrum ceremonies. Work life balance can be difficult as well.

2.0
Jun 27, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Scale is amazing - Projects are interesting

Cons

- Leadership is ineffectual - Employees are dehumanized and thought of as output machines - High performance is no longer incentivized

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