Pros
Learning what it’s like to operate software at a big scale
Cons
Too many cons. So much politics. Seeing “the Old boys club” in action. Self interested clique throwing everyone else under the bus to promote themselves. You’re likely to work on “Amazon baggage” like fixing security vulnerabilities, patching, a top down ask that has nothing or little to do with the product and your career will be wasted on “amazon baggage” work. Everything is built (some really badly) in house so a lot of your learnings won’t apply outside. “Customer obsession” is abused to make you work like a horse. Toxic culture promotes toxic competition between peers. Painful and traumatic oncall and no extra remuneration for being oncall so effectively the competitive compensation package they offer is not really good because you will be working double the amount and on toilsome boring things that don’t advance your career. Working here should come with a mental and physical health warning. Promotions and performance reviews are a mystery. And recently the Return to Office mandate. Stay away, seriously.