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Amazon Web Services

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Challenging problems, smart teammates, intense pace - Software Engineer Amazon Web Services Employee Review

5.0
20 Nov 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Exposure to large-scale distributed systems and cutting-edge cloud tech that you won’t see in most other companies.

Cons

Workload and on-call can be very demanding depending on the team; burnout is a real risk if boundaries aren’t managed.

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5.0
27 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great job. I’ve learned so much it is just hard with 5 day rto

Cons

The 5 day RTO mandate

3.0
21 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Ambitious projects if you're in the right team. Typically great team-mates. Don't believe the memes, the ppl are not back stabbing jerks but are overall genuinely nice. Not constrained by budgets when building cool things. Tools while sometimes clunky are powerful.

Cons

Schizophrenic lack of focus, entire teams get split, merged and upended multiple times a quarter. Some product managers are disconnected from reality. It didn't use to be the case, the PM-Ts were previously top notch. You're pushed to vibe code everything. Established products with loyal customers are getting neglected. Newer VP level leaders don't seem to know what they are doing. Veteran OG VP level leaders are either leaving in droves or seem stressed or checked out.

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