A great place to progress your engineering skills! - Software Development Engineer III Amazon Employee Review

5.0
4 Mar 2016
Recommend
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Pros

* Endlessly challenging and varied work across multiple domains * Get to work with up-to-date technology stack, use the best tools for the job * Super-high hiring bar means working with some of the very best engineers * Supportive company, pro-actively promotes a healthy work/life balance * Internally very open and direct communication structure * Decent salary, certainly competitive, and good benefits

Cons

* Document-heavy planning processes, can feel a little waterfall at times * A downside to one of the upsides... the open and direct communication means a _lot_ of communication! * Relatively high recruiting burden as the company grows * Oncall has been a little invasive in previous projects * Broken promotion process and only three engineering grades means if you like to see career progress in job titles it's the wrong company for you!

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5.0
8 June 2026
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Pros

The food, people, and location where I interned were amazing.

Cons

Work seemed to stall many times, with much of my progress not being able to advance past certain points due to waiting on higher ups.

5.0
10 Jan 2016
Anonymous employee
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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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