Microsoft Software Engineer (Software Developer II) reviews

4.0

82% would recommend to a friend

(1,095 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

75% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

Software Developer Engineer II employees have rated Microsoft with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,095 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer Engineer II professionals have a good working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer Engineer II professionals compared to other employers within the Informatique industry (3.9 stars).

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5.0
Aug 13, 2015

Awesome Company!

Recommend
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Pros

Great work environment and amazing peers to work with!

Cons

To hierarchical and too many managers in the company

4.0
Jul 14, 2015

A Great job

Recommend
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Pros

Excellent conditions and benefits: - office space and resources - great salary - satisfaction of working on products with high impact

Cons

- Big companies with a lot of layers of management, not a flat hierarchy like newer companies - Boasting seems to be unjustly required to get recognized sometime

4.0
Jun 24, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Having a good manager is very important, meaning someone who leads technically while also supporting you to take on challenges. Working with very smart people is a plus. If you don't like the current org structure, just wait 6 months, it will change.

Cons

Sometimes the size of the organization makes communication difficult. You'll find reorgs happen often, and you've got to be assertive about finding opportunities and challenges which will push your career forward. Sometimes people lack the common sense gene, over-engineering the most minute task. DevOps and combined engineering makes for a scattered role of building, testing, and supporting a product. Often, you don't work on a product long enough to have the background to become adept at supporting it.

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