Jobs at Microsoft

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Microsoft, founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, remains a global leader in software, cloud computing, and AI. Its flagship products—Windows, Office, Azure—shape billions of devices worldwide.

Microsoft hires across engineering, data science, cloud architecture, cybersecurity, product management, marketing, sales, finance, HR, and support. Candidates can expect a structured interview process that focuses on technical problem solving, Microsoft 10 Principles, and a mix of on‑site or virtual rounds. The company offers competitive benefits, flexible work arrangements, and a culture that encourages continuous learning.

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Lead Game Designer

Company: Microsoft

Location: Redmond

Posted Aug 22, 2023

343 Industries, the developer of the Halo series, is seeking a Lead Game Designer with extensive experience in first or third-person shooter games and live service game design. The ideal candidate should have a deep understanding of player behavior and data-driven design, a passion for Halo, and the ability to evolve the game while preserving its unique qualities. The role involves collaborating with various teams to ensure a cohesive gameplay experience, setting design goals, and creating clear design documentation. The base pay range for this role is USD $112,000 - $218,400 per year, with higher ranges for specific locations.

Sales: Internship Opportunities

Company: Microsoft

Location: Redmond

Posted Aug 22, 2023

Microsoft offers a University internship opportunity for students pursuing degrees in IT, Sales, Marketing, Business Operations, or Business Administration. The role involves developing and executing account plans, understanding customer drivers of digital transformation, and cultivating relationships across multiple levels of the customer's organization. Interns work on real-world projects, collaborate with global teams, and are empowered to build community and explore passions. The base pay range is USD $4,280 - $7,730 per month, with a higher range for specific locations. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer, and the role involves seeking feedback from customers, orchestrating virtual teams, and developing strategies to secure buy-in and execution of plans.

Sustainability Scientist

Company: Microsoft

Location: Redmond

Posted Aug 24, 2023

Microsoft is seeking a Sustainability Scientist to join their team, focusing on ensuring the company's sustainability efforts are grounded in the best available science. The role involves reviewing and communicating scientific literature, exploring new trends, and developing internal and external publications.

Principal Product Manager - Windows Growth

Company: Microsoft

Location: Redmond

Posted Aug 24, 2023

Microsoft's Windows Product team is seeking a Principal Product Manager to lead a team and drive growth to specific senior leadership team level metrics. The role involves aligning growth plans with Microsoft's strategic priorities, collaborating across disciplines, and leveraging expertise to improve overall capabilities for experimentation and growth. The ideal candidate should have solid collaboration, communication, and leadership skills, a passion for problem-solving, and an entrepreneurial spirit. The base pay range for this role is USD $133,600 - $256,800 per year, with a different range for specific locations within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area.

Senior Software Engineer - Syntex

Company: Microsoft

Location: Redmond

Posted Aug 22, 2023

Microsoft's OneDrive and SharePoint (ODSP) team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Microsoft Syntex team. The role involves building partnerships with teams across Microsoft, integrating AI and machine learning technology to solve real-world problems for customers. The ideal candidate should have a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field, 4+ years of technical engineering experience, and expertise in C#, TypeScript, REST APIs, and cloud-scale services. Familiarity with secure software design, project delivery, and mentoring peers is preferred. The role offers a competitive base pay range and opportunities for growth and learning.

Senior Technical Program Manager - Performance & Benchmarking

Company: Microsoft

Location: Redmond

Posted Aug 21, 2023

Be proficient in the interpretation of Schedules and Earned Value Management, Estimating, Cost, Risk and Management of Change. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. COICareers EPCcareers DCDCareers Responsibilities: Conduct construction productivity studies to identify critical cost, schedule, safety, quality, sustainability drivers and establish practices to measure, monitor and improve performance. Identify the key challenges and success factors tied to construction, commissioning and system integration. Describe how projects intend to implement the Knowledge Management Plan. Mature the processes required for the function to operate and integrate seamlessly in the Global, Regional, Sub-Regional and local project reviews. Set up Construction Performance, Insights and Benchmarking functions aimed at providing analytical feedback on all ongoing projects. Facilitate discussions that can influence delivery performance and schedule predictability. Demonstrate stakeholder management in order to ensure continuous improvement on identified critical areas. Drive global solutions to mitigate through continuous improvement and change management.

Talent Director, Early In Career Program

Company: Microsoft

Location: Redmond

Posted Aug 24, 2023

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. Talent Management Consulting Drive coordination of related disciplines (e.g., Finance, University Recruiting, MCAPS Academy, Enablement & Operations) in the implementation of EIC programs, and interface with leaders to achieve business outcomes; gain buy-in of strategies from executive leaders and stakeholders (HR and business); put governance in place to ensure alignment of goals/investments, resource management, decision making, and buy-in across interdependent teams and strategies. Additional or Preferred Qualifications (PQs) Master's Degree in Human Resources, Business, Organization Development, Psychology, OR related field. Responsibilities: Program Design and Implementation Refresh and define Talent Management strategy for Early in Career (initially for MCAPS, but identify opportunities at Geo-level) to align to evolving business context and priorities and embed in global MCAPS Talent Management strategic talent plan Translate strategy into the design of major talent programs (e.g identifying organizations as an EIC talent incubator, accelerate capability-building, programmatic talent movement) in alignment with Center of Excellence strategy by partnering with business and HR leadership, broader Talent Management community, and other organizations Manage and oversee large-scale programs and/or leverages deep business acumen to identify and implement EIC program needs across businesses; coordinate with leadership to achieve alignment, overcome barriers, and ensure overall program success; define future talent management initiatives by identifying short-term and long-term business needs. Change Management Evaluate business drivers to make a case for change adoption; assess risks and benefits of the changes, develop effective change-management strategies, and ensure communications and readiness materials are in place to facilitate the transition of Talent Management programs/processes. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form . Qualifications: Required/Minimum Qualifications (RQs/MQs) 15+ years experience in HR practices or Program/Project Management OR Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Business, or related field AND 10+ years experience in HR practices or Program/Project Management. 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 $159,000 - $292,200 per year. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals.

Accounting Manager

Company: Microsoft

Location: Redmond

Posted Aug 28, 2023

Build and manage close partnerships with teams across Engineering, Operations, Finance, and Business. Work independently and in partnerships for cost accounting, asset management, reporting, process enablement, and fiscal close cycles. Collaborate with global stakeholders to meet regulatory, statutory, audit and compliance requirements. Embrace inclusion, a growth mindset, and enable culture and norms that support consistent quality partner experiences. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. Responsibilities: Execute asset management accounting including recognition of acquisitions, depreciation, retirements, and transfers for worldwide datacenter hardware. Manage detail-oriented programs to recognize all capitalizable hardware costs through a combination of automated, manual, and vendor-run processes. Qualifications: Required/Minimum Qualifications Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 2+ years post-graduate financial analysis, accounting, controllership, or finance work experience o OR Master's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field o OR equivalent experience. Ensure compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)/International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and MS Policy; enable controls to safeguard assets and accurate financial reporting. The Accounting Manager role will collaborate with Microsoft partners globally, including Finance, Tax, Treasury, Trade, Sourcing and Business Operations to optimize systems, processes and accounting for Cloud Infrastructure .

Senior Finance Manger - Offerings Strategy

Company: Microsoft

Location: Redmond

Posted Aug 28, 2023

Microsoft's Customer Experience & Success (CE&S) team is seeking an experienced professional to partner with business leaders in go-to-market transformation and modernization of support offerings. The role involves working closely with senior business leaders, engineering groups, and finance stakeholders. The Senior Finance Manager - Offerings Strategy will be responsible for guiding support offering Subject Matter Experts, building financial models, and driving changes to products to meet customer needs. The role is highly visible and requires strong leadership, collaboration, and business analytics skills.

Senior Platform Power and Performance Engineer

Company: Microsoft

Location: Redmond

Posted Aug 26, 2023

Microsoft's CloudAI & Advanced Systems Engineering (CAASE) is seeking a Senior Platform Power and Performance Engineer to collaborate on delivering cutting-edge AI hardware and infrastructure for Microsoft Azure. The role involves leading system-level power and performance validation, defining KPIs, investigating new workloads, and influencing architecture decisions. The ideal candidate should have 7+ years of technical engineering experience, expertise in power and performance design, validation, and optimization, and knowledge of SoC or embedded system architecture. Additional qualifications include experience with high-volume server design, high-speed networking, and managing hardware programs through the entire product lifecycle.

Senior Software Engineer - Substrate

Company: Microsoft

Location: Redmond

Posted Aug 22, 2023

Microsoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Substrate Directory team. The role involves designing and implementing high-scale services using C#, with a focus on service reliability and automated troubleshooting. The ideal candidate will have experience in distributed systems, cloud technologies, and large-scale, high availability services. The position offers a competitive salary and the opportunity to work on a dynamic, collaborative team with high impact.

Technical Program Manager II

Company: Microsoft

Location: Redmond

Posted Aug 24, 2023

Work across disciplines (Design, Engineering, User Research, Data Science, Quality, and others) to create product roadmaps aligned with Microsoft's corporate and divisional strategies. Organize and present program plans, reviews, and status to engineering and senior management. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. Collaborate across teams, resolving issues regardless of team boundaries, to uncover and mitigate risks and deliver excellent experiences for Windows users. Experience working directly with engineering, design, and quality disciplines. Ability to communicate clearly, motivate others, and create a positive team culture. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. 1+ year(s) experience reading and/or writing code (e.g., sample documentation, product demos). Use data analytics and experimentation to generate insights and make design decisions. Additional or Preferred Qualifications Bachelor's Degree AND 4+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development OR equivalent experience.

Frequently Asked Questions

What’s it like to work at Microsoft?
Microsoft is known for its inclusive culture, emphasis on learning, and a strong focus on work‑life balance. Employees report access to cutting‑edge projects, generous professional development budgets, and the ability to work remotely or on‑site depending on the role. Benefits include comprehensive health plans, stock‑equity options, generous PTO, and wellness programs that support mental and physical health.
What types of positions are available at Microsoft?
Microsoft offers roles in software engineering, cloud solutions, data science, security, product management, UX design, marketing, sales, finance, legal, HR, operations, and technical support. Each category ranges from entry‑level internships to senior leadership, with opportunities in both headquarters and regional offices worldwide.
How can I stand out as a Microsoft applicant?
Tailor your resume to Microsoft’s core competencies—technical proficiency, collaboration, and customer obsession—and quantify achievements with metrics. Prepare for the Microsoft 10 Principles by practicing behavioral questions that illustrate leadership and impact. For technical roles, master coding challenges on platforms like LeetCode, and build a portfolio of projects that demonstrate cloud or AI expertise. Networking with current employees via LinkedIn or Microsoft events can also provide insights and referrals.

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