Microsoft Senior Software Development Engineer reviews

4.3

98% would recommend to a friend

(318 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

99% approve of CEO

98% positive business outlook

Senior Engineer Software Development employees have rated Microsoft with 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 318 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Senior Engineer Software Development professionals have an excellent working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Senior Engineer Software Development professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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318 reviews
4.0
Aug 11, 2010
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Pros

Smart people Good perks esp health benifits Variend product offerings so one can pursue different verticals if interested. Software used by 95% of the worlds population. Which means you can make a difference if you care enough.

Cons

Needs more focus on consumer business if it doesnt want to cede control over to Apple/Facebook/Google. it seems the management just doesnt get that business and has no idea of how to succeed in it.

4.0
Jul 1, 2010
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Pros

Microsoft as a company has a lot of respect for employees. Microsoft invests long term in a problem space and they aggressively pursue their competitors, often winning by constantly pushing forward and surpassing the competition when the competition starts to make mistakes.

Cons

The political nature of a large juggernaut like Microsoft can lead to high levels of frustration for someone that is used to working on small teams and pivoting quickly. The business is set to compete long term and is not particularly innovative (lots of innovation happens at Microsoft, but Microsoft is rarely the first to productize that innovation).

5.0
May 5, 2010
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Pros

Microsoft is extremely professional and mature when it comes to software development. If you want to know how to really make software, this is where you want to work. Also, if you plan to have any kind of health issues, ever, you want to work here as well. The health benefits are gold plated. And the chances for advancement are good (up to senior level).

Cons

If you are not on the software development track you might not have the most fun in the world. Testers often try to move over to software development. And PMs seem to change quite frequently. So some jobs are better than others there. Also, once you reach the senior level it is very, very hard to move up to the next level (architect). Some groups don't even have an architect assigned to them, so you may never rise above senior level (I certainly couldn't). Finally, the cafeteria food is not that great.

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