Joined because the products intrigued me as a customer. Internally, as an engineer, it was nothing short of a nightmare
Joined because the products intrigued me as a customer. Internally, as an engineer, it was nothing short of a nightmare
Other companies think AWS's products are cool and innovative. Thus, they assume AWS engineers must be high-quality, which facilitates the job search. :)
People are treated very poorly. I don't think they are even trying to compete with other top tech companies for engineers.
My team inherited too much technical debt and brittle legacy systems that had been neglected for years, despite causing increasingly serious problems as the business scaled. We spent all our time remediating customer issues but never building anything new or even properly maintaining our broken software. The on-call, status reporting, and deployment processes were brutal as well.
Overall, every aspect of working here was draining, and I left as soon as I could. Fortunately, I discovered that being an engineer outside of Amazon isn't so painful.
Don't allow desperate managers to throw mountains of technical debt or legacy systems at new grads just because nobody else wants it. Within a year, you'll lose those people forever, and they'll become detractors of the company.
Was this helpful?
Amazon Interview Questions
Amazon Interview Experiences
Software Development Engineer I
Round 1: OA. Cleared in November 2024. No word until February 2025 when I was told I was scheduled for interviews. A week later, they wrote back stating that email was sent "by mistake" and should not be considered. Another recruiter reached out in
Software Development Engineer I
Before being considered for an interview, you will need to pass an OA. The interview process will consist of three interviews. * The first interview had two coding questions. * The second interview included two behavioral questions and a LLD qu
Software Development Engineer I
The interview process is too lengthy. It includes an online assessment that lasts for 4 hours, followed by a panel round consisting of three back-to-back interviews: one for LeetCode, one for system design, and one behavioral interview. My interview
Software Development Engineer I
Seattle, Washington, United StatesApril 1, 2025Round 1: OA. Cleared in November 2024. No word until February 2025 when I was told I was scheduled for interviews. A week later, they wrote back stating that email was sent "by mistake" and should not be considered. Another recruiter reached out in
Software Development Engineer I
Seattle, Washington, United StatesMarch 1, 2025Before being considered for an interview, you will need to pass an OA. The interview process will consist of three interviews. * The first interview had two coding questions. * The second interview included two behavioral questions and a LLD qu
Software Development Engineer I
Seattle, Washington, United StatesMarch 1, 2025The interview process is too lengthy. It includes an online assessment that lasts for 4 hours, followed by a panel round consisting of three back-to-back interviews: one for LeetCode, one for system design, and one behavioral interview. My interview
