Microsoft Senior Software Engineer reviews

3.9

71% would recommend to a friend

(1,735 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

73% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Senior Software Developer Engineer employees have rated Microsoft with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,735 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Senior Software Developer Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Senior Software Developer Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the IT (Information Technology) industry (3.9 stars).

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2K reviews
4.0
Nov 7, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

great range of work within company and lot of GenAI related work. Pay is also decent.

Cons

work life balance is ok

1.0
Nov 7, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Brand name - Technically strong peers

Cons

- Toxic politics around pulling down other's ratings to climb up in the ladder - Introduction of PIP lead to a shift in work culture - Useless leadership teams scrapping the projects left and right. Almost 6 years of my efforts along with 100s of other engineers were scrapped, phased out, etc - With the annoucement of RTO the company made it even worse - Hikes in the range of 1-3% in India even for the good performers - Lack of job security - Company laying off despite stock performing very well - No more a great place to work

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