Messy, overloaded, unfocused and horrible internal tools - Senior Software Engineer Amazon Employee Review

1.0
11 Jan 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Here you are judged by what you do, not what you say or how loud you scream. There are processes to ensure quality, there are clear expectations. People are equal no matter where they are from.

Cons

As a developer you have to work with Internal tools are extremely outdated, don have documentation and rarely work well. Your team you be dawning in pipelines, dev-ops work and no real product gets ever developed on time. Top-down requests of updates and campaigns will take all your time. The Amazon way mantra shields criticism and is used against use. "This is not working well" "Well, that is the amazon way" Methods like PFRQ are interesting I see their value, but now, are exploited, Who ever writes a better pfrq gets funding, regardless of how crappy the product is, if the pitch is good they move on. OP1 is an advanced version of PFRQ, Don't believe the lies, your dream product will never be built! After your deliver the first prototype version, you are stuck with it, in it's horrible ops because no one has time to really iterate on it, time for the "next big thing" that will get the eyes on re-invent. There are "Large Scale events" every week, those are company wide system failures! On-call is mandatory, non-paid, good luck sleeping at night.

Explore other reviews about Amazon

5.0
3 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great perks and great coworkers

Cons

Can't think of any at the moment.

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.

3159
See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All