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

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318 reviews
2.0
Feb 24, 2014
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Pros

Good tools and equipment. Products have global impact. Great benefits. Work with some of the smartest programmers on the planet

Cons

you are on your own as far as career development goes. If you ever get a less than 'meets requirements' review you are doomed and the review process is draconian.

4.0
Feb 20, 2014
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Pros

1. No matter where your passion lies, you can find something at Microsoft. In my seven years at Microsoft, I've seen people move across disciplines (Dev <-> PM <-> Test), technology stacks, teams, products, office location etc. 2. Roles are not airtight. I've seen Dev/test define the products and I've seen PMs churn out code - it really depends on you. 3. Generally very open culture - I been in meetings with DEs and they are fantastic to work with. 4. Great workplace - I can requisition furniture / books / hardware etc without filling out thirty forms or having to get approval from my upper management. 5. Great workplace II - (Generally) Very smart and aware people. Most people I've worked with are receptive to feedback and will accept fault and move on. This may be specific to my org though but I haven't noticed any politicking amongst the individual contributors. 6. Benefits... Best in the industry (if you ignore the free food bandwagon). I can go on and on...

Cons

1. There's a desire to create something new that works for our customers but it is often orthognal to what our competitors are doing which leads to a lot of debates on how to proceed. 2. Lots of legacy code. In general, changing something that's been around for a long time is difficult. Breaking changes are avoided and that sometimes limits the degrees of freedom for product design.

4.0
Jan 28, 2014
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Pros

Build products that millions of users use everyday. Work with great coworkers that are smart and dedicated. Great work environment. Employees are well taken care of.

Cons

Big Company Can be slow moving sometimes Too many meetings Politics Stack ranking created a bad work environment in a lot of cases. (They have recently gotten ride of stack ranking)

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