Amazon Software Development Engineer II reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(955 total reviews)
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19% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer II employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 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
5.0
Jul 23, 2010
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

* Hugely innovative company * You're never working on the same thing for very long * Movement between teams and around the company is encouraged * Strong culture of knowledge sharing and collaborative problem-solving, both within your team and throughout the company * Amazon's computing needs are among the most extreme in the world--there's never a shortage of challenging problems to solve

Cons

* The benefits package isn't all that great for a company of Amazon's size * The culture of frugality has a tendency to disappoint: employee perks are at a minimum here * Parental leave policies are bare minimum * Stock-based bonuses take a while (years) to kick in

4.0
Apr 26, 2010
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

You're surrounded by very smart people and work/projects that are technically challenging and interesting. Amazon seems like just a website to most but the technology in place behind the scenes is very fascinating. Highly distributed systems built to scale at massive levels.

Cons

No real perks besides a bus pass but that's made up with competitive compensation. You work A LOT and the pager duty can be a real pain sometimes. Then again, by working a lot I'm learning a lot so its really how you perceive it. Wish the remote development offices had more interesting work (my opinion), sometimes I could use a break from the Seattle weather

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