Software Engineering Internship in Aliso Viejo, CA

Overview

Come build community, explore your passions and do your best work at Microsoft alongside thousands of university interns from around the world. This opportunity lets you bring your aspirations, talent 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 work with engineers, designers and product managers to create intuitive, accessible, 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. The role helps you strengthen your full-stack engineering skills while delivering experiences that impact millions of users worldwide.

Interns at Microsoft work on real-world projects with teams across the world, and have fun along the way. You will be empowered to build community, explore your passions and achieve your goals. This is your chance to bring your solutions and ideas to life on cutting-edge technology.

Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Employees come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others and collaborate to realize shared goals. Every day, the company builds on its values of respect, integrity and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Responsibilities

• Apply engineering principles to solve complex problems through sound and creative engineering.
• Work with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a feature.
• Learn new engineering methods quickly and incorporate them into work processes.
• Seek feedback and apply internal or industry best practices to improve technical solutions.
• Show skill in time management and in completing software projects in a cooperative team environment.
• Review current developments and proactively seek new knowledge that improves the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability and performance of products, while driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.

Preferred Qualifications

• 1+ year(s) of programming experience.
• 6+ months of experience delivering projects in teams.
• 1+ year(s) of experience developing and applying data structures and algorithms.
• Coursework, projects or prior experience building end-to-end applications.

Compensation

The base pay range for this internship is USD $5,690.00 to $11,210.00 per month. In the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City metropolitan area, the base pay range is USD $7,410.00 to $12,250.00 per month. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Additional benefits and pay information is available on Microsoft's careers site.

Microsoft accepts applications and processes offers for these roles on an ongoing basis throughout the academic calendar (September to April). The position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws. Candidates needing religious or disability accommodations during the application process can request them through Microsoft's accessibility page.