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Amazon Software Development Engineer 1 Reviews

based on 40 reviews

Updated 27 Oct, 2024

Overall Rating

2.9/5

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Category Ratings

4.2

Salary & Benefits

3.5

Skill development

3.2

Promotions/Appraisal

2.6

Work Satisfaction

2.6

Company culture

2.2

Job Security

2.1

Work-Life balance

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40 reviews found

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Software Development Engineer 1 in Bangalore / Bengaluru

Full Time

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Software Development Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

4.0

Promotions/Appraisal

4.0

Skill Development

5.0

Company Culture

4.0

Work Satisfaction

5.0

Salary & Benefits

5.0

Job Security

3.0

Work-Life Balance

posted on 01 Aug 2024

Likes

1. Pay and perks are good 2. Tech stack is great and amazon shifts to new tech stack if needed so we can keep ourselves updated with latest tech

Dislikes

1. WLB is bad 2. Management is pure look, either you will get a very good or very bad, no middle ground. Depends on org

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.

Software Development Engineer 1 in Chennai

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

Category Ratings

1.0

Promotions/Appraisal

3.0

Skill Development

1.0

Company Culture

1.0

Work Satisfaction

5.0

Salary & Benefits

1.0

Job Security

1.0

Work-Life Balance

posted on 09 Jul 2024

Likes

Great minds around to learn things everyday, and every day is day 1 literally.

Dislikes

Bad work life balance. Focus more on delivery than tech. Management is very restless

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work timings: Flexible Timings

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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Software Development Engineer 1 in Bangalore / Bengaluru

Full Time

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Software Development Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Promotions/Appraisal

3.0

Skill Development

3.0

Company Culture

4.0

Work Satisfaction

4.0

Salary & Benefits

3.0

Job Security

4.0

Work-Life Balance

posted on 01 May 2024

Likes

There is a flexibility to work at your own preferred time of the day

Dislikes

Since you are constantly stack ranked with your peers, there is a kind of performance pressure

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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Software Development Engineer 1 in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

Full Time

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Software Development Department

1.0

Overall Rating

1.0

Category Ratings

2.0

Promotions/Appraisal

1.0

Skill Development

1.0

Company Culture

1.0

Work Satisfaction

3.0

Salary & Benefits

1.0

Job Security

1.0

Work-Life Balance

posted on 27 Oct 2024

Likes

Money

Dislikes

Very toxic culture. No empathy among peers. Only delivery of work items matter. You are expected to work on weekends and nights.

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.

Software Development Engineer 1 in Chennai

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Promotions/Appraisal

2.0

Skill Development

3.0

Company Culture

3.0

Work Satisfaction

4.0

Salary & Benefits

2.0

Job Security

2.0

Work-Life Balance

posted on 26 Sep 2024

Likes

1. Streamline process. 2. Good learning opportunity.

Dislikes

1. Culture.

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.

Software Development Engineer 1 in Bangalore / Bengaluru

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

Category Ratings

2.0

Promotions/Appraisal

4.0

Skill Development

1.0

Company Culture

3.0

Work Satisfaction

4.0

Salary & Benefits

1.0

Job Security

2.0

Work-Life Balance

posted on 20 Jun 2024

Likes

Good learning opportunities and skill development

Dislikes

Company has worst work life balance and pip culture.

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.

Software Development Engineer 1 in Bangalore / Bengaluru

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

2.0

Promotions/Appraisal

4.0

Skill Development

5.0

Company Culture

5.0

Work Satisfaction

5.0

Salary & Benefits

2.0

Job Security

2.0

Work-Life Balance

posted on 31 May 2024

Likes

Nothing much

Dislikes

Work life balance is not good

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Software Development Engineer 1 in New Delhi

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

Category Ratings

2.0

Promotions/Appraisal

4.0

Skill Development

2.0

Company Culture

2.0

Work Satisfaction

5.0

Salary & Benefits

1.0

Job Security

3.0

Work-Life Balance

posted on 07 May 2024

Likes

Compensations

Dislikes

JobSecurity and work life balance

Work Details

Work policy: 2 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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Software Development Engineer 1 in Bangalore / Bengaluru

Full Time

·

Retail & B2C Sales Department

1.0

Overall Rating

1.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Promotions/Appraisal

4.0

Skill Development

1.0

Company Culture

1.0

Work Satisfaction

4.0

Salary & Benefits

1.0

Job Security

1.0

Work-Life Balance

posted on 27 Nov 2023

Likes

Good salary, challenging work, smart coworkers

Dislikes

Toxic work environment, pip culture, people becoming toxic due to the culture, work load, too much emphasis on useless leadership principles being used to justify toxicity

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.

Software Development Engineer 1 in Bangalore / Bengaluru

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Promotions/Appraisal

5.0

Skill Development

3.0

Company Culture

4.0

Work Satisfaction

4.0

Salary & Benefits

2.0

Job Security

3.0

Work-Life Balance

posted on 02 Feb 2024

Likes

It's always day 1

Dislikes

It's becoming a day2 company slowly

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Software Development Engineer 1 in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

1.0

Overall Rating

1.0

Category Ratings

4.0

Promotions/Appraisal

4.0

Skill Development

1.0

Company Culture

1.0

Work Satisfaction

4.0

Salary & Benefits

1.0

Job Security

1.0

Work-Life Balance

posted on 12 Dec 2023

Likes

Pay, pay, pay , pay, pay

Dislikes

Everything else you can think of!

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.

Software Development Engineer 1 in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

1.0

Overall Rating

1.0

Category Ratings

1.0

Promotions/Appraisal

3.0

Skill Development

1.0

Company Culture

1.0

Work Satisfaction

3.0

Salary & Benefits

1.0

Job Security

1.0

Work-Life Balance

posted on 31 May 2023

Likes

Everyone should work at Amazon once to calibrate the baseline of their experiences and expectations. Anywhere you go after Amazon, you will be happy. You will have first-hand experience identifying and dealing with red flags.

Dislikes

You are exhausted beyond point to dislike anything

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Software Development Engineer 1 in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

1.0

Overall Rating

1.0

Category Ratings

4.0

Promotions/Appraisal

2.0

Skill Development

1.0

Company Culture

1.0

Work Satisfaction

2.0

Salary & Benefits

1.0

Job Security

1.0

Work-Life Balance

posted on 26 Aug 2023

Likes

Nothing apart from salary

Dislikes

No WLB during on-call On call comes in a month

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Software Development Engineer 1 in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

Full Time

·

Engineering Department

2.0

Overall Rating

2.0

Category Ratings

1.0

Promotions/Appraisal

5.0

Skill Development

1.0

Company Culture

2.0

Work Satisfaction

5.0

Salary & Benefits

1.0

Job Security

1.0

Work-Life Balance

posted on 02 May 2023

Likes

Lots of learning involved. Smart people around. Tech is good.

Dislikes

No work life balance in most of the teams. Managers are toxic. No career growth.

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Software Development Engineer 1 in Bangalore / Bengaluru

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Promotions/Appraisal

4.0

Skill Development

3.0

Company Culture

4.0

Work Satisfaction

4.0

Salary & Benefits

3.0

Job Security

3.0

Work-Life Balance

posted on 23 Nov 2023

Likes

Ability to learn and innovate in your role

Dislikes

Work Culture

Software Development Engineer 1 in Bangalore / Bengaluru

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

1.0

Overall Rating

1.0

Category Ratings

5.0

Promotions/Appraisal

1.0

Skill Development

1.0

Company Culture

1.0

Work Satisfaction

5.0

Salary & Benefits

1.0

Job Security

1.0

Work-Life Balance

posted on 21 Dec 2023

Likes

Nothing

Dislikes

Nobody should work for amazon

Software Development Engineer 1 in Bangalore / Bengaluru

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

4.0

Promotions/Appraisal

3.0

Skill Development

5.0

Company Culture

4.0

Work Satisfaction

3.0

Salary & Benefits

4.0

Job Security

2.0

Work-Life Balance

posted on 20 Jan 2023

Likes

Culture, colleagues, impact, scale

Dislikes

Frugality is followed more than required. They don't want to spend on employee other than the salary.

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Software Development Engineer 1 in Bangalore / Bengaluru

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

4.0

Promotions/Appraisal

4.0

Skill Development

4.0

Company Culture

4.0

Work Satisfaction

4.0

Salary & Benefits

4.0

Job Security

4.0

Work-Life Balance

posted on 08 Jun 2023

Likes

Great environment to learn and grow.

Dislikes

Work life balance can be improved

Software Development Engineer 1 in Bangalore / Bengaluru

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

4.0

Promotions/Appraisal

5.0

Skill Development

5.0

Company Culture

5.0

Work Satisfaction

5.0

Salary & Benefits

4.0

Job Security

5.0

Work-Life Balance

posted on 15 Jun 2023

Likes

Good work. Good people. Always about innovation

Dislikes

None

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work timings: Flexible Timings

Software Development Engineer 1 in Bangalore Rural

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

2.0

Overall Rating

2.0

Category Ratings

1.0

Promotions/Appraisal

2.0

Skill Development

2.0

Company Culture

1.0

Work Satisfaction

3.0

Salary & Benefits

1.0

Job Security

1.0

Work-Life Balance

posted on 05 Jun 2023

Likes

People at Amazon are good.

Dislikes

Poor work life balance and management.

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How is Amazon to work for?

Amazon is rated 2.9 out of 5, based on 40 reviews by employees on AmbitionBox. Amazon is known for Salary & Benefits which is rated at the top and given a rating of 4.2. However, Work-Life balance is rated the lowest at 2.1 and can be improved. To know first hand how it is like to work at Amazon read detailed reviews based on various job profiles, departments and locations in the reviews section.

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According to AmbitionBox ratings, Amazon employees rate its salary and benefits as 4.2 out of 5. You can know more about Amazon Salaries at AmbitionBox

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Work culture is rated 2.6 at Amazon by 40 employees. While job security is rated 2.2 and work-life balance is rated 2.1 at Amazon. Read detailed reviews by employees of Amazon on AmbitionBox.

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Gender Based Ratings for Amazon Software Development Engineer 1

based on 37 reviews

Rated 4.5 for Salary & Benefits and 3.3 for Skill Development

Rated 4.1 for Salary & Benefits and 3.5 for Skill Development

Working Days for Amazon Software Development Engineer 1

based on 40 reviews

Monday to Friday

100%

Work Timings for Amazon Software Development Engineer 1

based on 40 reviews

Flexible timing

Strict (9.30am - 5pm)

Strict (9am - 9pm)

93%

4%

4%

Shift Timings for Amazon Software Development Engineer 1

based on 40 reviews

Day shift

100%

Business Travel for Amazon Software Development Engineer 1

based on 40 reviews

No travel

56%

Within city

32%

Within country

12%

Amazon Software Development Engineer 1 Salary

based on 258 salaries

₹12.7 L/yr - ₹36 L/yr

62% more than the average Software Development Engineer 1 Salary in India

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Employee Benefits for Amazon Software Development Engineer 1

International/On-site exposure

2 total responses

Office cab/shuttle

1 total response

Health insurance

3 total responses

Child care facility

1 total response

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