SDE II - SDEII Amazon Employee Review

4.0
11 Dec 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Great environment - Good pay - Relaxed and enjoyable atmosphere - Challenging environment - Great opportunity to achieve your professional goals, you will be listened on what you expect of it. - Amazing chance to learn and take courses - Great for relocation and traveling within the company

Cons

- Sometimes the environment is slow - Bureaucracy is usually there for chain-of-command situations, but that is to be expected in a company this huge - SDEs get to write a lot of documents and not that much of coding as you would expect (this is not a con for me particularly but I think it may be useful for some other dev). - Most of the tools are internal and wont be helpful if you have to move from job. - Oncall rotation for every SDE

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5.0
17 May 2026
Recommend
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Business outlook

Pros

-Great team and manager -Lots of resources to learn -Flexible

Cons

-Pace can be brutal -Can have lots of meetings

5.0
10 Jan 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Really smart people, a lot of opportunity for growth, always encouraged to be innovative, think big, and create something new. Competitive salary and benefits with other major tech companies. 100% self motivating work environment. No dress code and 4 legged friends are welcome.

Cons

You have to be self motivated. NO ONE will hold your hand and tell you that you're doing a great job. If you need constant affirmations from management, this company isn't for you.

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