Microsoft Software Development Engineer II reviews

4.1

99% would recommend to a friend

(383 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

84% approve of CEO

93% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer II employees have rated Microsoft with 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 383 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer II professionals have an excellent working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer II professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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383 reviews
3.0
Jun 23, 2013

SDE II

Recommend
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Pros

Great Benefits smart people to work with.

Cons

Too many meetings, still using waterfall methodology for software development. Terrible review systems.

3.0
Jun 21, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Benefits package is really, really good -- health, gym (Pro Club), fringe benefits, etc. - Coworkers - intelligence, personalities - Dev's get own office.

Cons

- Oncall rotation -- maintaining a large online service regularly woke me up at night with service errors. - Big company / red tape sometimes abounds -- both for development of features and getting logistical stuff done.

4.0
Jun 18, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Compensation, work-life balance, many smart people around, diverse culture, and unmatched breadth of technologies and businesses.

Cons

Biased towards seniority (as in - years in the company) while discarding pre-microsoft experience. It is difficult for an industry hire to need to re-establish his credentials.

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