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      Amazon Software Development Engineer II reviews

      3.6

      58% would recommend to a friend

      (955 total reviews)
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      19% approve of CEO

      53% positive business outlook

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      Software Development Engineer II employees have rated Amazon with 3.6 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 Tecnologia da informação industry (3.9 stars).

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      955 reviews
      3.0
      Sep 15, 2012

      Great company if you are in your 20s

      Software development engineer ii
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Incredibly talented and driven people - Non-existent politics - You learn a LOT every day

      Cons

      - "NO" work/life balance. It is a great company to be in when you are in your 20s and can spend a lot of extra hours - Every mistake gets highlighted in the review - No credit given for going out of your way to do something (because that is expected) - Very poor (read non existent) perks - Very high churn (within one year I was the third most senior member of my team). This means that you have to constantly pitch in to mentor/train new hires (mostly new graduates)

      4.0
      Sep 6, 2012

      Your experience highly depends on your group

      Software development engineer ii
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Chances to work with brilliant people on products impacting millions of customers. Lots of interesting challenges. Potential for high visibility projects.

      Cons

      Teams can vary greatly across the company, and many will suck you soul. That said, there are a lot of amazing opportunities elsewhere in the company. Hours can fluctuate wildly. If you're working on a key product, your work/life balance may get destroyed periodically.

      5.0
      Sep 2, 2012

      Work hard, party hard

      Software development engineer ii
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The company is objective, unemotional and focussed. For a certain type of old-school mathematician nerd (not the new-age script-kiddies), this can be a good thing. There are no company wide memos on "culture" or "grand visions". Everything you do has an objective, and a measurable, well-defined outcome. You know why you're doing something and that helps you make decisions faster, easier and more efficiently. The company is growing, aggressive and I believe the only company able to withstand Apple. The company genuinely cares about customers - that's not rhetoric. You can find an Amazon engineer at 3:00am in the morning, shake them out of deep sleep, drug them and ask them why a certain decision was made. Whether they're on-guard or off-guard, the answer won't change. If something impacts customers in a positive way, it will be done.

      Cons

      The above pro can become a minor con since there is little to non-existent romanticism about any type of work. The biggest con is facilities - I came from a company with lots of facilities, on-campus laundry, etc., so I was used to convenient parking and a lot of campus-wide services which was a mild annoyance to me for a few months. The hours aren't quite flexible, so it gets difficult to manage your time if you have to visit other businesses during business hours only.

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