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Amazon Web Services

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Generally good, but really depends on the team/manager - Software Development Engineer (SDE) Amazon Web Services Employee Review

4.0
21 Jun 2025
Recommend
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Pros

- Competitive salary - Lots of stuff to learn - Smart and helpful colleagues - Very low overhead in terms of meetings, most things are done asynchronously and via docs

Cons

- Some managers went through so many reorgs they don't have a vision for their teams anymore (low morale) - Lack of middle managers forces engineers to spend a lot of time chasing the right people/teams - A lot of software is home-grown and needs getting used to

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5.0
22 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Strong engineering culture, competitive pay, great learning opportunities, and excellent internal mobility across teams.

Cons

Work-life balance can be tough, on-call rotations are demanding, and the pace is fast with high expectations.

3.0
21 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Ambitious projects if you're in the right team. Typically great team-mates. Don't believe the memes, the ppl are not back stabbing jerks but are overall genuinely nice. Not constrained by budgets when building cool things. Tools while sometimes clunky are powerful.

Cons

Schizophrenic lack of focus, entire teams get split, merged and upended multiple times a quarter. Some product managers are disconnected from reality. It didn't use to be the case, the PM-Ts were previously top notch. You're pushed to vibe code everything. Established products with loyal customers are getting neglected. Newer VP level leaders don't seem to know what they are doing. Veteran OG VP level leaders are either leaving in droves or seem stressed or checked out.

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