Amazon SDET vs SDE Offer Evaluation

Oct 29, 2020 19 Comments

I interviewed for SDE 2 role at Amazon, but the hiring manager is recommending for SDET role same level.

I dont have an offer from them yet, but may be getting soon.

Personally I want to work as SDE but looks like based on interview they recommending SDET.

Questions:

1)Can anyone please help me with understanding SDET role at Amazon?

2)Is it possible to move to SDE role after joining?
Or Will I be able to negotiate for SDE role before getting offer/ after getting offer.
What is recommended to negotiate before they release offer or after they release

3)whats TC I can expect. Is it worth taking SDET

Thanks in advance.

Current TC : 🥜 🥜
YOE :- 8 years

#aws #amazon #software #swe #engineering

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  • Amazon
    ama zone

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    ama zone
    Don’t count on transferring to SDE after joining. Not worth the mental energy unless you are not crazily after SDE.
    Oct 29, 2020 4
  • OP
    Is SDET is QA role at Amazon ?
    If not what stack SDET use to develop?
    Oct 29, 2020 3
    • OP
      If other people understands and you won’t. Looks like you need to learn English and I can enroll English classes for you ( Free )... 😊
      Oct 29, 2020
    • Amazon
      ama zone

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      ama zone
      I saw some advanced shit like UI test automation at scale, so there is some challenging work, but only take it if you like that
      Oct 29, 2020
  • Amazon
    Capricorn2

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    Capricorn2
    YMMV. In Amazon different team follow different standard and expectations for an SDETs. SDET is part of the SDE job family and so the pay is same for an SDE vs SDET. QA is part of SYSQUA which acts as supporting org and has relatively lower pay than the SDE job family. In terms of work, i have seem some team owning services, front end applications and some mobile application for internal usage and other building test infrastructure for unit, integration and UI automation. But most of the sdet built artifacts are for the internal consumers, so sometimes it little harder to get promoted (mostly L6+)...
    Nov 18, 2020 1
    • New
      Valiantxs

      New

      Valiantxs
      This is the clearest explanation I’ve ever seen, thank you. Still feels like something I’d love to do. Building testing infrastructure for internal teams. I’m currently interviewing with Amazon for an L4 SDET Data Migration Service role. I am currently a Software QA Engineer and while the responsibilities are a sharp contrast, I see my current experience being very valuable to help building a less buggy data migration tool.
      Feb 22
  • Amazon / Eng
    Bulln

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    Bulln
    Pay is same though for both.
    Oct 29, 2020 0
  • Amazon
    2m

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    2m
    Sdet is not qa but they develop testing frameworks and such. Don't take it unless you're desperate
    Oct 29, 2020 4