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Software Engineer: Intern Opportunity for University Students

Microsoft · Mountain View, CA, US

Spotted 34d agoInternship

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Pay
$5,690 – $11,210 a month
Employment
Internship
Level
Internship
Education
Bachelor's degree
Posted
Sep 24, 2026
Last confirmed open
Sep 30, 2026

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About this role

Overview 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 Engineering Intern, you will build end-to-end product experiences across user interfaces, APIs, and backend services.

You will collaborate with engineers, designers, and product managers to create intuitive, accessible, and high-quality experiences that delight customers. You will contribute across the full development lifecycle, from designing responsive user interfaces and building scalable services to testing, debugging, and iterating on features based on customer feedback.

This opportunity will enable you to strengthen your full-stack engineering skills while delivering experiences that impact millions of users around the world.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.

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

Currently pursuing Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field with at least one semester/term remaining following the completion of the internship,OR currently pursuing Master’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field with at least one semester/term remaining following the completion of the internship.

Preferred Qualifications

  • 1+ year(s) of programming experience.
  • 6+ months of experience in delivering projects in teams.
  • 1+ year(s) of experience in developing and applying data structures and algorithms.
  • Coursework, projects, or prior experience building end-to-end applications.
  • Experience with TypeScript or JavaScript and modern web frameworks such as React or Angular.
  • Experience building backend services using C#, Java, Node.js, Python, or similar technologies.
  • Familiarity with REST APIs, testing frameworks, accessibility principles, and modern software engineering practices.
  • Coursework, projects, or prior experience in machine learning, artificial intelligence, or data science.
  • Experience programming in Python and familiarity with ML frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or similar technologies.
  • Understanding of machine learning concepts, model evaluation, retrieval systems, large language models, or prompt engineering.

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The base pay range for this internship is USD $5,690.00 - $11,210.00 per month. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $7,410.00 - $12,250.00 per month.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:

https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-intern-pay

Microsoft accepts applications and processes offers for these roles on an ongoing basis throughout the academic calendar

(September - April)

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.

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