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Burnout, PIP, but high OpEx & Security standards - System Development Engineer II Amazon Web Services Employee Review

3.0
Mar 16, 2026
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Pros

Get exposed to high standards for operational excellence and security. Learn how to best use cloud services with AWS. Be part of something big and impactful. Some people are really nice and supportive.

Cons

It's a big company, so the experience will be different depending on org and team. In my org & team, standards for quality and privacy aren't high. Managers often prefer to burn out employees rather than admit there's room for improvement in how they run things. There's little genuine interest in growth, and the leadership principles are nice, but they'll get ignored if they're inconvenient. So be prepared to be stressed and to elbow your way around in this company. Oh and be prepared to be randomly put on the chopping block with a Performance Improvement Plan when they need scapegoats, or just to bully people into quitting without severance.

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5.0
Jun 22, 2026
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Pros

Strong engineering culture, competitive pay, great learning opportunities, and excellent internal mobility across teams.

Cons

Work-life balance can be tough, on-call rotations are demanding, and the pace is fast with high expectations.

3.0
Jun 21, 2026
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Pros

Ambitious projects if you're in the right team. Typically great team-mates. Don't believe the memes, the ppl are not back stabbing jerks but are overall genuinely nice. Not constrained by budgets when building cool things. Tools while sometimes clunky are powerful.

Cons

Schizophrenic lack of focus, entire teams get split, merged and upended multiple times a quarter. Some product managers are disconnected from reality. It didn't use to be the case, the PM-Ts were previously top notch. You're pushed to vibe code everything. Established products with loyal customers are getting neglected. Newer VP level leaders don't seem to know what they are doing. Veteran OG VP level leaders are either leaving in droves or seem stressed or checked out.

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