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Amazon Web Services

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Challenging and rewarding environment with strong growth opportunities - Software Development Engineer (SDE) Amazon Web Services Employee Review

5.0
26 Jun 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Smart and collaborative coworkers Exposure to large-scale distributed systems Strong internal documentation and learning culture Great compensation and benefits Opportunities for career advancement

Cons

High workload and frequent on-call shifts Work-life balance can vary by team Internal tools can be overly complex Promotions can be slow and opaque Pressure to constantly deliver

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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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