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Amazon Web Services

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Pretty good - varies a lot - Software Development Engineer II Amazon Web Services Employee Review

4.0
Feb 12, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Great pay, great benefits, very interesting work at scale. Talented, motivated coworkers create a great environment for learning and growing.

Cons

Can be a brutal individualistic culture. Really have to know how to manage yourself, your workload, etc. Very easy to get swept up and burnt out. Seen it very often.

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5.0
Apr 23, 2026
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Pros

good work life balance; many transfer opportunities

Cons

less base pay than industry average

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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