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Very pleased so far as a fresh graduate - Software Dev Engineer Amazon Web Services Employee Review

5.0
22 Aug 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I know this depends on the team so this might not apply to every part of AWS so take this with a grain of salt, I will just talk about my division. I have received lots of help from current coworkers as well as previous ones (the ones I met during my internship). While managers are very busy, so far they have never denied a time to meet me and guide me. In my division and team people work hard but only their hours which is something that I really love because I don’t bring work to home. I definitely feel welcomed here and I am very thankful because they gave me my first job opportunity.

Cons

I don’t see this being mentioned in public too often and I think it should draw the attention of some people. At Amazon engineering does own their products completely, which also means you have to be oncall one week every 2-3 months (that means 24/7 pending for any problems arising from them) depending on your team size. I personally don’t have a problem with this, but a lot do so I put it here, but now you are required to come 3 times a week to the office.

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5.0
26 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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
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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