Is Amazon a good company to work for as a Software Development Engineering?

Software Development Engineering professionals working at Amazon have rated their employer with 3.5 out of 5 stars in 6,786 Glassdoor reviews. This is an average score with the overall rating of Amazon employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Development Engineering Jobs at Amazon now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Development Engineering interview questions at Amazon .

Does Amazon pay Software Development Engineering employees well?

Software Development Engineering professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Amazon with 4.0 out of 5 stars based on 6,786 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 7.8% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Development Engineering salaries at Amazon.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Amazon?

Warehouse Associate (11106) , Warehouse Worker (6905) , Associate (6205) , Software Engineer (6138) , Area Manager (5680) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (3501) , Fulfillment Associate (3405) , Software Development Engineer (3171) , Customer Service Representative (3041) , Program Manager (2475) , Operations Manager (2291) , Customer Service Associate (2215) , Sortation Associate (1864) , 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 19311 reviews)); "good benefits you have to get good benefits because everything else at amazon is terrible!!" ((in 13173 reviews)); "A lot of information that is useful and great people to go to when you need something" ((in 7766 reviews)); "It's a very huge company all around the world and it keep satisfying their employees with good salary and accommodation" ((in 5825 reviews)); "The work culture is good and I never felt that I was new in the company" ((in 4871 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 10100 reviews)); "You work long hours and not as many breaks as you would like or need at times" ((in 7030 reviews)); "Poor management can lead to unnecessary stress and even impact your standing within the company." ((in 6629 reviews)); "There are also bad managers that are rude and do not care about the feelings of their associates." ((in 5177 reviews)); "The company advertises peak season as the long hours and hard push but it really happens routinely throughout the year." ((in 2439 reviews))

Amazon Software Development Engineering reviews

3.5

57% would recommend to a friend

(6,786 total reviews)

Andrew Jassy

40% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

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Software Development Engineering employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 6,786 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineering professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineering professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologia da informação industry (3.9 stars).

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7K reviews

4.0

May 11, 2026

Decent salary and environment, but high pressure and RTO

Software development engineer

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

1. Decent salary 2. Good work environment 3. Nice teammates

Cons

1. RTO 5 days 2. High deadline pressure 3. High oncall load

4.0

May 11, 2026

Valuable learning but hindered by slow management

Software development engineer ii

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Good learning experience since we use latest tools and work on challenging problems.

Cons

Slow bureaucratic management often times very short sighted to meet expectations from higher ups rather than being passionate about building the product and directing long term tecnical vision.

3.0

May 11, 2026

Learning opportunities overshadowed by micromanagement and pressure

Software development engineer (sde)

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

you can learn thing fast in aws

Cons

micro managerment, office politics, high work pressure

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