Is Amazon a good company to work for as a Software Engineer (Software Developer II)?

Software Engineer (Software Developer II) professionals working at Amazon have rated their employer with 3.4 out of 5 stars in 337 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Amazon employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Engineer (Software Developer II) Jobs at Amazon now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Engineer (Software Developer II) interview questions at Amazon .

Does Amazon pay Software Engineer (Software Developer II) employees well?

Software Engineer (Software Developer II) professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Amazon with 4.0 out of 5 stars based on 337 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 7.8% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Engineer (Software Developer II) salaries and benefits at Amazon .

What are the top reviewed jobs at Amazon?

Warehouse Associate (11098) , Warehouse Worker (6898) , Associate (6204) , Software Engineer (6126) , Area Manager (5667) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (3495) , Fulfillment Associate (3404) , Software Development Engineer (3163) , Customer Service Representative (3039) , Program Manager (2470) , Operations Manager (2288) , Customer Service Associate (2213) , Sortation Associate (1860) , Manager (1454) , Process Assistant (1421)

What are the pros of working at Amazon according to real employee reviews?

"Pay is good but not worth the asks made from IT and how they are treated" ((in 19468 reviews)); "good benefits you have to get good benefits because everything else at amazon is terrible!!" ((in 13162 reviews)); "A lot of information that is useful and great people to go to when you need something" ((in 7765 reviews)); "It's a very huge company all around the world and it keeps satisfying its employees with a good salary." ((in 5730 reviews)); "The work culture is good and I never felt that I was new in the company" ((in 4763 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Amazon according to real employee reviews?

"You do work bloody hard and very long hours so there is no work life balance" ((in 10044 reviews)); "You work long hours and not as many breaks as you would like or need at times" ((in 7048 reviews)); "Bad management is very common here and very common to have managers who are out of touch with tech." ((in 6634 reviews)); "There are also bad managers that are rude and do not care about the feelings of their associates." ((in 5159 reviews)); "The company advertises peak season as the long hours and hard push but it really happens routinely throughout the year." ((in 2407 reviews))

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Amazon Software Engineer (Software Developer II) reviews

3.4

63% would recommend to a friend

(337 total reviews)

Andrew Jassy

20% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Compensation and benefits

3.9

Career opportunities

3.5

Diversity & inclusion

2.8

Culture & values

2.8

Work/Life balance

2.6

Senior management

Software Engineer (Software Developer II) employees have rated Amazon with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 337 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer (Software Developer II) professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer (Software Developer II) professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologia da informação industry (3.9 stars).

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337 reviews

4.0

Jun 12, 2023

Best Company

Software engineer ii

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Good Culture with lots of learning

Cons

Sometime high workload during festive session

2.0

May 25, 2023

Forcing RTO

Software engineer ii

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Cool products and cool tech.

Cons

Poor benefits, not enough vacation, forcing return to office.

5.0

May 25, 2023

Great for a career start

Software engineer ii

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

There are lots of growth, opportunity, mentorship

Cons

Turnover is too high, teams grow and move cities. This becomes impersonal over time. I had 8 managers in 5 years.

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