Amazon System Development Engineer II reviews

3.7

44% would recommend to a friend

(50 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

32% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

System Development Engineer II employees have rated Amazon with 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 50 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most System Development Engineer II professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by System Development Engineer II professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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50 reviews
2.0
May 24, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

High minds around you Challenging tasks sometimes may be redundant Fast moving tasks and have to be quick with your mind

Cons

Competition between peers. Peers don't help each others in some teams for their self benefits. This brings toxicity among the peers and introduce heavy politics. Firing culture - Amazon fires 10% of employees each year and this mandatory. Even employees working hard more than 12 hours they can be fired. You can have multiple sleepless nights and still get harsh feedbacks from your manager.

3.0
Apr 15, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

depends upon the team - work could be challenging (interesting), scale like never seen before.

Cons

lack of vision or direction from leadership, micromanagement

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