Amazon invests in its hires - Senior Software Development Engineer Amazon Employee Review

5.0
7 Jan 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Amazon created and maintains a useful framework for quick decision making, self-development, and other useful career skills. Your first mini project when onboarding is basically to learn (or refresh) on these skills and grow yourself as an asset before you begin doing real engineering. This time alone is a long-term benefit to you, regardless of whether you succeed/stay at Amazon. You get immense autonomy and trust to decide your own path to success. Your managers set a vision for what success looks like in the future, amazon provides a loose framework for how work is done at amazon, and from there you create your own plan and manage your own time. It's liberating.

Cons

Some folks *may* find the autonomy to actually be ambiguity, and may want more structure than amazon would like to give.

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5.0
9 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Excellent place to work - learn a lot.

Cons

Work can be very demanding.

5.0
10 Jan 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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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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