I was a software developer for Amazon for five years, the majority of which was writing software for the fulfillment centers. Recently left to join a startup. M

I was a software developer for Amazon for five years, the majority of which was writing software for the fulfillment centers. Recently left to join a startup. My answers represent my experience, not Amazon's response. > I've been told that Amazon makes engineers work at their fulfillment centers when it's peak season Good god, no. An engineer salary has got to be 4 to 8 times the salary of an FC Associate (or more), and generally speaking we're terrible at manual labour! Besides which, the engineers are generally busy making sure the software doesn't fall over from the X-times load increase of all the extra users during the peak season. That said, the better engineers tended to try to get on-site frequently to better understand the tools, problems, etc. I sure tried to be there often.