Microsoft Principal Software Development Engineer reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(406 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

80% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Principal Software Development Engineer employees have rated Microsoft with 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 406 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Principal Software Development Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Principal Software Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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406 reviews
4.0
Mar 26, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

* Fantastic benefits (for the USA, by USA standards) * Strong WFH flexibility * Slowly becoming more modern in terms of technology * Takes security and privacy seriously. * Good culture of learning, growing, and having impact while balancing work, life, and wellbeing. * Good family support benefits

Cons

* There can be still a lot of bureaucracy at times * Hardening the software supply chain and development practices has been done at developer expense largely with internal only systems that are sub-par to use. * Depending on the organization you're you might as well be at a different everything from policies, to budgets, hiring, etc can be pretty different.

5.0
Mar 25, 2024

Good place to work

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Access to latest cloud technology Strong culture driven by 'One Microsoft' Flexible work location (WFH, WFO)

Cons

50 to 60 hours per week is normal Normal amount of politics

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