Amazon Software Development Engineer II reviews

3.6

58% would recommend to a friend

(956 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 956 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 Tecnologia da informação industry (3.9 stars).

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956 reviews
3.0
Mar 30, 2015
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

*Solid proprietary systems allow for building software services extremely fast and easy *Great opportunity for career growth as Amazon in Toronto is expanding (Continue to go on the route for Software, opportunity to be a Project Manager, and also go down the road of being a manager) *Work with very smart individuals

Cons

*Strong focus on delivery forces developers to think of solutions fast that typically cause maintenance issues 1-2 years down the road (Low quality of code) *There is no such thing as under promise and over deliver since Management's expectation for developers is to pressure them into delivering as much as possible *Work/life balance: On-call on some teams are hectic (pages 2-4 times a week at any time of day). *Remote Office: Being in a remote office in Toronto means late meetings with Seattle and less visibility to Seattle counter parts sometimes impacting promotion cycles. Barely any community feeling.

4.0
Mar 29, 2015
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

- tons of smart people - you get the chance to make high value and high impacting functionalities - people listens when you point out the right thing - you manage your own time

Cons

- there are lots of cruft. people moves fast but technical debt grows pretty fast. - it can be quite overwhelming (this might be an understatement) - can be quite tough if you're not used to the industry

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