Pros: - Real Autonomy on individual and team level: each team here "owns" something and is independent / empowered to make decisions. - Full CI/CD: manual change management is limited to a handful of things, which frees up managers to focus on what matters instead of managing approvals and sign-offs. - Leadership principles in action: Amazon is one of the companies that walk the talk. LPs are embedded in many things. I personally identify with most of the LPs, so it's amazing that I can bring my whole self to work and know that it will be welcomed. - Flex hours: aside from meetings, I get to set my own schedule. This is very helpful in getting better work-life harmony. - Respect: oh yes. In my team, it is expected that people have lives outside work, so everyone respects everyone's time, and working overtime is never discussed.

Cons: Well, this one is not specific about Amazon, but the role itself, even elsewhere: one of the duties of DevOps teams is to maintain the code they write, which means being on-call every few weeks. It can be stressful to be paged in the middle of the night, but it is a part of an SDM's life, I guess.

Pros: I enjoyed my times at Supply Chain Optimization Tech (SCOT), especially the opportunity to work with engineering, data scientists, and business. It was fun to translate business problems into mathematical/statistical formulations and then into engineering. Pretty good work-life balance.

Cons: Most of the complexity of work is "businessy" (understanding the requirements, getting everyone aligned) and not really technical. It's not for everyone.

Pros: Salary range is higher than other companies.

Cons: There is no work-life balance. You are required to work overtime. The company culture is very toxic. 'Optics' of the work are more valued than the 'quality' and 'impact' of the work.