Amazon Software Engineer (Software Developer II) reviews

3.4

60% would recommend to a friend

(336 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

21% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Software Engineer (Software Developer II) employees have rated Amazon with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 336 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer (Software Developer II) professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer (Software Developer II) professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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336 reviews
4.0
Jun 8, 2026
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Pros

Great compensation, solid retirement benefits (take advantage of the mega backdoor roth Amazon offers with Fidelity). It's a big company with a wide range of business areas - If you don't like what you're working on, try finding a team in an area you find more interesting.

Cons

It's a big company with a lot of top-down mandates. Over the years, I've noticed most of them are meant drive attrition or force it (RTH, RTO, layoffs). Some orgs/teams can be toxic and political - it really just varies depending on the leadership.

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