Smart Team, Security Drag
Smart Team, Security Drag
It is fascinating to work at this scale, with a strong focus on operations, and many smart people to work with.
AWS's focus on security and operations has gone overboard at the expense of feature delivery, resulting in uncompetitive salaries, too many escalations, and fire drills that interrupt engineering work.
Focus more on servant leadership, rather than steering things with an iron fist in an iron glove.
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Principal Software Engineer
Tough but fair series of interviews. Definitely what I would expect at this level. Seven interviews with different parts of the team, as well as the "bar raiser" who definitely raised the bar. Questions went beyond the role itself to more leadershi
Principal Software Engineer
A tedious, long, and drawn-out process led by individuals who were not themselves very happy. There was very little empathy from any interviewer, with a number of them visibly sighing when they didn't like what they heard.
Principal Software Engineer
8 rounds total. 6 technical, one HR, and one behavioral. There are a couple of system design rounds, a couple of coding rounds, and one past experiences round. System design is not too hard, but you have to have meaty past experiences to justify t
Principal Software Engineer
Seattle, Washington, United StatesMarch 1, 2024Tough but fair series of interviews. Definitely what I would expect at this level. Seven interviews with different parts of the team, as well as the "bar raiser" who definitely raised the bar. Questions went beyond the role itself to more leadershi
Principal Software Engineer
Seattle, Washington, United StatesOctober 1, 2018A tedious, long, and drawn-out process led by individuals who were not themselves very happy. There was very little empathy from any interviewer, with a number of them visibly sighing when they didn't like what they heard.
Principal Software Engineer
New York, New York, United StatesJuly 1, 20248 rounds total. 6 technical, one HR, and one behavioral. There are a couple of system design rounds, a couple of coding rounds, and one past experiences round. System design is not too hard, but you have to have meaty past experiences to justify t
