Microsoft Principal Software Development Engineer reviews

3.7

65% would recommend to a friend

(409 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

76% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Principal Software Development Engineer employees have rated Microsoft with 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 409 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Principal Software Development Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Principal Software Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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409 reviews
3.0
Nov 10, 2025
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Pros

Working at a very known company. That's it.

Cons

No stability, can be fired any moment regardless of performance. Tasks are tedious. Team isn't skilled with AI. Lot's of on-call duties without any extra payment. Internal tools/processes are outdated and very slow, takes forever to deliver even small things. Lot's of re-orgs, switching context. Relatively low base salary, small merit increase, small bonuses. Every year higher expectations for performance.

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