Amazon Software Engineer In Test reviews

2.1

1% would recommend to a friend

(6 total reviews)
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Andrew Jassy

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1% positive business outlook

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6 reviews
2.0
19 Nov 2025
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Pros

Decent compensation package, opportunity to build something interesting.

Cons

Senior leadership is very unstable, no one takes accountability. Very hard to actually be an engineer due to all the turmoil that occurs between teams. Career progression is also too dependent on your team/manager.

5.0
2 Jan 2024
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Pros

- Helpful Team: Teammates were always ready and willing to lend a hand or help out. - Manager Cared about our growth: Mgr was always looking out for our team and how to make sure we stood out both as a team and individuals so when promotions/pay raises came up we had a better shot when compared to others. - Solid Benefits: Benefits were great and pretty cheap (Would like more PTO tho). - Lots of room for growth: Moving around Amazon was always possible Mgr would even help if you asked. Had access to free AWS resources that was not limited to just active work projects but could be used to experiment and learn about AWS and development. - Never a dull moment: There was always something to do, whether it was an assignment from leadership or a teammate or an idea that you yourself had. - Trust from Leadership: When leadership would assign us a task or goal. They trusted we would make the right/best decision for the team and company. - The roomers that your manager will work you into the ground are dependent on your Manager and Director

Cons

- Organization Restructures would happen more often than I would have liked. - Other teams would be slow to respond to tickets but expect prompt responses in return. It took management way to long to look into/address the issue - Being On call every 3 to 5 weeks when team was small. - Stock Pay out being Y1: 5% Y2: 15% Y3: 40% Y4: 40% (Although the first two years you are compensated with more cash) would still prefer a more traditional Y1-4: 25%

3.0
4 Sept 2023
Recommend
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Pros

- competitive environment (work with good engineers on average) - ability to switch teams easily - relatively interesting work

Cons

- too data driven (the human factor of engineering and understanding setbacks of engineering projects us missed) - not a great place to grow career (promotions are hard, mentorship is lacking) - leadership is not always adequate to lead technical teams

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