Microsoft Software Developer reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(6,426 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

73% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Software Developer Engineer employees have rated Microsoft with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 6,426 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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6K reviews
3.0
Mar 11, 2026

SWE at Microsoft

Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits for health insurance, eye and dental care as well as mental health via spring health platform

Cons

Compensation is somewhat lower relative to some other companies in the tech industry, and the work environment can be quite competitive depending on your team. Career prospects are largely driven by your direct manager and skips budget. AI will likely decide the importance of the work and money you earn.

4.0
Mar 11, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- the pay and stocks, 10 days of sick leave per year+vacation days, it pushes you to reach your potential

Cons

It really depends on your team your experience, the deadlines may push you do endless overtime

2.0
Mar 10, 2026

Security sucks

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- No much pressure on delivering features, given that most of the time you are working on bridges. - Very high visibility, as you are always on bridges.

Cons

You are barely doing any development in reality, you spend most of your time as an SRE rather than a dev.

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