Amazon Software Dev Engineer II reviews

3.1

12% would recommend to a friend

(49 total reviews)
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2% approve of CEO

7% positive business outlook

Software Dev Engineer II employees have rated Amazon with 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 49 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Dev Engineer II professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Dev Engineer II professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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49 reviews
3.0
May 5, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Team dependent, my team is great!

Cons

Stock pay is a scam. They grant you new stocks every year once your new-hire stocks expire, and they always grant for the next year with the ASSUMED value of the stock for the next year, which is always out of touch with reality, so overall stock value will go up very, very slowly. For this reason alone, I would recommend avoiding Amazon.

2.0
Feb 1, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You get a FAANG name on your resume Might get relevant work if in the right team

Cons

If not in the right team, work could involve a lot of pencil pushing stuff Unless you have NO OPTIONS, do not join Amazon as of this moment. The layoffs have every employee spooked and morale is low across the board

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