Amazon Software Development Engineer II reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(955 total reviews)
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19% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer II employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 955 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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955 reviews
4.0
Apr 4, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Smart people Technically challenging work You can see the impact of your work very directly Relatively low politics, data-driven decisions Good place to learn SOA, Cloud Computing, Machine Learning

Cons

Operational burden: When you're on call you have to carry a pager and spend a week dealing with boring issues instead of coding. Retail industry can get a bit tiresome after a while.

4.0
Mar 26, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Smart people, challenging projects, developer centered. But you have to believe in owning your own quality (because you carry pagers)

Cons

experiences may vary between teams, stack ranking system. Not for everyone

5.0
Mar 25, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Smart people who take ownership. Managers who don't get in the way and are above average. In general, you'll learn quite a bit.

Cons

Growing so fast has it's challenges, it can seem somewhat wild, wild west at times. Dealing with and learning the Amazon specific infrastructure can be daunting and feel somewhat tedious. It's still mostly a Java shop.

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