Software Engineer Intern

Software Engineer Intern at Microsoft

Come build community, explore your passions and do your best work at Microsoft with thousands of University interns from every corner of the world. This opportunity will allow you to bring your aspirations, talent, potential—and excitement for the journey ahead.

As a Software Engineer Intern, you will work with teammates to solve problems and build innovative software solutions. You will apply your passion for customers and product quality as you provide technical guidance to Technical Program Managers and Product Managers. You will learn and adopt relevant new technologies, tools, methods, and processes to leverage in your solutions. This opportunity will enable you to advance your career by designing, developing, and testing next-generation software that will empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more.

At Microsoft, Interns work on real-world projects in collaboration with teams across the world, while having fun along the way. You’ll be empowered to build community, explore your passions and achieve your goals. This is your chance to bring your solutions and ideas to life while working on cutting-edge technology.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Please note this application is only for internships based in our Mountain View, California office. For internships in other offices in the United States, please see our Careers site.

Responsibilities

• Applies engineering principles to solve complex problems through sound and creative engineering.
• Works with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a feature.
• Quickly learns new engineering methods and incorporates them into work processes.
• Seeks feedback and applies internal or industry best practices to improve technical solutions.
• Demonstrates skill in time management and completing software projects in a cooperative team environment.
• Reviews current developments and proactively seeks new knowledge that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Enrolled in a full time bachelor's or master’s program in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field during the academic term immediately before the internship.
• Must have at least 1 semester/term remaining following the completion of the internship.
• One year of programming experience in an object-oriented language.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to demonstrate an understanding of computer science fundamentals, including data structures and algorithms.
• Coursework/projects or prior experience across frontend and backend, for example:
• Frontend: building UI with TypeScript/JavaScript and a modern framework (e.g., React); strong HTML/CSS fundamentals; accessibility awareness.
• Backend/services: building in C#, Java, Golang, Kotlin, or C++; designing APIs; working with microservices or infrastructure services; multi‑threaded/concurrent programming.
• Platform/DevOps: exposure to containers, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and observability (dashboards, alerts, tracing).

Key skills/competency

• Software Development
• Object-Oriented Programming
• Data Structures
• Algorithms
• Problem Solving
• API Design
• Frontend Development
• Backend Development
• Cloud Technologies (e.g., Kubernetes)
• Team Collaboration