If you land a good team, you'll enjoy work there - Software Engineer II SDE2 Amazon Employee Review

5.0
13 Feb 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Challenging complex problems to solve. - Team dynamics are fun if you're lucky. - Experience is transferable to any other team in the company.

Cons

- Your existence in the company is not merit based, but at the whims of the org and company leader's random arbitrary metric that they make up. - Oncall can be a little exhausting, but enjoyable. - Your org is constantly shifting and changing, and the vision is sometimes unclear or mutable.

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5.0
27 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Lots of mentorship and opportunities

Cons

Could potentially get night shift

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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