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Amazon Web Services

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Good pay and fast-paced learning, but team-dependent culture - Software Engineer Amazon Web Services Employee Review

3.0
May 27, 2026
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Pros

- Pretty good pay although base salary is a little lower and more of your TC is dependent on sign on/RSUs - Fast paced development culture with potential to learn a lot about industry - not as bad of a pip culture as people expect

Cons

- most things are team dependent: work culture, oncall difficulty, etc. - oncall can be pretty brutal depending on your team and some teams have very chill oncalls - no free/discounted meals and not much other benefits like free Amazon prime provided

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5.0
Jun 22, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Strong engineering culture, competitive pay, great learning opportunities, and excellent internal mobility across teams.

Cons

Work-life balance can be tough, on-call rotations are demanding, and the pace is fast with high expectations.

3.0
Jul 1, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Strong place to be early in your career as it provides valuable training and the brand recognition can create strong future opportunities. - Is great if you’re interested in what you’re doing/selling

Cons

- 5 days in office is not great for work/life balance - If your manager doesn’t like you, good luck! - 401k match is lower than most companies - Base salary compensation is weak compared to other big tech - Leveling/career progression is near impossible due to reorgs leading to a promotion “freeze” - Role can evolve over time in ways that may not align with original job expectations

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