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

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
2.0
Aug 16, 2011
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Opportunity to work on massive scalability problems Working on forefront of online retail on global scale

Cons

Brown out, Burn out On call schedule is taxing, high operational load Less work and more bragging gives you good raise Hardly a place for introvert/reserved geeks no matter what they do or can deliver

5.0
Apr 7, 2011
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

* amazing people around * interesting work * open feedback * good opportunities for learning * good environment to work

Cons

* very frugal in perks and incentives * 24-7 on-call makes it tough * very stressful and close deadlines almost always

3.0
Feb 9, 2011
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

1) Great People - Amazon hires the best in the industry 2) Great Technology - With dozens and dozens of 'home grown' systems (both good and not so good) 3) Great Processes

Cons

1) Limited exposure to customers, sitting in India 2) Pressure can sometimes get overwhelming 3) The beeping pager in the middle of the night

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