Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE2) reviews

3.3

48% would recommend to a friend

(510 total reviews)
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23% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer SDE2 employees have rated Amazon with 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 510 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer SDE2 professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer SDE2 professionals compared to other employers within the Informatique industry (3.9 stars).

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510 reviews
4.0
Nov 28, 2016

SDE2

Recommend
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Pros

Cutting technology company. Exposes you to a lot of new technologies allowing career growth. Management is working hard to ensure better work/life balance.

Cons

Very few benefits. No child care on premise. No backup child care. Parking is horrendous and salary is not competitive with other large companies. Monthly oncall is torture.

3.0
Oct 14, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

High pay (for me), challenges, lots of growth opportunity. The people they hire typically can carry their own weight and push you to be a better employee. You learn a lot for your next job.

Cons

Upper management is unrealistic, accuse the team of sandbagging, when in reality they are just trying to cover their bottom with prior unrealistic forecast and delays. No ESPP, so despite their "huge" RSU it is not really going to get you a lot more money than you think. No free food, cheap about equipment purchase (delays in development), cheap about early prototyping (delays in development). Stupidity about "Document driven development" and "Amazon writing standard", so you end up spending more time writing document than doing real work. And then when management ask why is the delay you have to write another document to cover your bottom.

5.0
Oct 13, 2016

SDE 2

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Working with intelligent people is a plus

Cons

Work life balance is bad

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