Alexa Voice Service Team review

Joining under a new Manager can be a double edged sword. If he turns out to be passionate about his team and non judgemental on lineal things, he can go miles to help you and himself get going. Also, there is no dearth of bad managers joining Amazon. Do try to evaluate indirectly/directly his motivation to join, his stints at past companies. Definitely worth mentioning if his past experiences align and help him understand new teams stuff his assessments are going to be his own. Otherwise he will rely on what others say about you and your team interactions. This would leave you susceptible to possible betrayal culture. Also, question about the state of projects the team is working on. Is it a new sister team to a remote team? They usually start with less interesting work and add more projects when the team grows. So also question about the current composition of team. Being an SDE-1 i believe you get to learn irrespective of wherever you are put up, so if you plan to join go with that mindset. Optimising for WLB in an accelerated environment hurts reputation and confidence so do evaluate of you are ready to take up the challenge.