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Great Work Life Balance and Opportunities for advancement - Software Development Engineer I Amazon Web Services Employee Review

4.0
Mar 18, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

As long as you're not on the large service teams, the work-life balance is phenomenal

Cons

You're given a lot of ownership, which also means a lot of responsibility. If you aren't careful, you can end up responsible for a lot of work but if you're careful about how you commit your time, you can maintain a very healthy WLB while still contributing meaningful work to your team

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5.0
Jun 26, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Awesome team - great culture. Very customer focused.

Cons

It's not a great fit for folks who are not aligned to the culture.

3.0
Jun 21, 2026
Recommend
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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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