October 21, 2025
Software Engineer: Frontend Intern
Microsoft,
Redmond, Washington
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.
- Demonstrated interest in frontend work.
- Coursework or projects in frontend engineering using TypeScript/JavaScript and React; understanding of web fundamentals (HTML, CSS, HTTP).
- Experience building customer‑facing UI or enterprise product features (course project, hackathon, open‑source, prior internship).
- Exposure to services integration (REST/GraphQL), state management, testing frameworks, and CI/CD.
- Interest in Live Site Operations and observability (logs, metrics, dashboards) and iterating on product experience using telemetry/experiments.
- Familiarity with accessibility and design systems concepts; eagerness to learn and collaborate in a team environment.
The base pay range for this internship is USD $5610.00 - $11010.00 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 $7270.00 - $12030.00 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
Responsibilities
- Applies engineering principles to solve complex problems through sound and creative engineering.
- Works with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for web/mobile applications.
- 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.
