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Amazon Web Services Software Development Engineer (SDE) II reviews

3.4

49% would recommend to a friend

(674 total reviews)
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Matt Garman

43% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer (SDE) II employees have rated Amazon Web Services with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 674 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer (SDE) II professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon Web Services is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer (SDE) II professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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674 reviews
3.0
Jun 13, 2026
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Pros

- Good pay - Interesting work (team dependent)

Cons

- Politics often gets in the way of good work - Clueless, rudderless leadership just cause problems (can be org dependent) - People are encouraged to only do things that check arbitrary criteria for promotion, trying to do what's best or what's right is discouraged - Not many extra benefits compared to other big tech - Work/life balance can be rough (team dependent)

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