Amazon Software Dev Engineer reviews

3.4

25% would recommend to a friend

(53 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

18% approve of CEO

21% positive business outlook

Software Dev Engineer employees have rated Amazon with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 53 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Dev Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Dev Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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53 reviews
3.0
May 5, 2026
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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.

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