Amazon Software Developer reviews

3.5

55% would recommend to a friend

(6,268 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

43% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Software Engineer Developer employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 6,268 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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6K reviews
5.0
27 Jun 2026
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Pros

- Very clear expectations around work and promotion - Talented coworkers - Lots of room to learn new and emerging tools especially around AI

Cons

- Getting paged in the middle of the night for a non-issue is very annoying - The line between L5 and L6 is very challenging to cross. Only about 15% of all engineers are L6 and above so you might be stuck at L5 your whole career unless you’re really advocating for important projects (or they just happen to fall into your lap)

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