A Great Place to Work - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II Amazon Employee Review

5.0
Nov 12, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great teams, available services and tools. Welcoming to all environment. Good opportunities to learn and grow professionally, such as working on large scale solutions and making incentivized individual contributions, within or across teams. Interesting leadership principals and customer obsession.

Cons

Some prioritization conflicts between teams, projects or organizations, between delivery speed, quality processes and available resources. Considerable employee turnover. High effort for promotion and "extra" responsibilities or expectations for entering higher levels. Excessive AI hyping. Lack of remote opportunities after return to office policy updates. Job interview does not represent well the daily work.

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5.0
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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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