AWS SDE II perspective
AWS SDE II perspective
- Good salary.
- Leadership principles are for real.
- Native AWS development offers lots of learning.
- Nice offices.
- Good internal structure (small teams, good planning, tech managers).
- Nice perks (free coffee, food, beer, courses, etc.).
- Painful ops, as we have to be on call for a whole week every now and then.
- You are chained to internal tools and frameworks.
- You don't see a lot of promotions to senior positions, even for people with years of contributions.
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Software Development Engineer II
Applied online. I got shortlisted for an SDE2 phone interview. After being successful in the phone interview, I was invited to the 5-hour (onsite, 1 hour x 5 rounds) virtual day. This is normally an onsite interview, but it has been virtual since th
Software Development Engineer II
I took two rounds of interviews. The interviews were constantly rescheduled. After scheduling the third interview, the interviewer did not show up. A few days later, I received a rejection email. During the entire process, my interview was reschedu
Software Development Engineer II
It was a lengthy process: * HackerRank test * Two algorithm rounds * One LLD round * One HLD round I was not selected, as I did not perform that well in the algorithm rounds.
Software Development Engineer II
Cape Town, Western Cape, South AfricaMarch 1, 2025Applied online. I got shortlisted for an SDE2 phone interview. After being successful in the phone interview, I was invited to the 5-hour (onsite, 1 hour x 5 rounds) virtual day. This is normally an onsite interview, but it has been virtual since th
Software Development Engineer II
IndiaOctober 1, 2023I took two rounds of interviews. The interviews were constantly rescheduled. After scheduling the third interview, the interviewer did not show up. A few days later, I received a rejection email. During the entire process, my interview was reschedu
Software Development Engineer II
Bangalore Rural, Karnataka, IndiaMay 1, 2023It was a lengthy process: * HackerRank test * Two algorithm rounds * One LLD round * One HLD round I was not selected, as I did not perform that well in the algorithm rounds.
