Microsoft Nigeria Software Engineering Internship Opportunity 2024

About Microsoft Nigeria

Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology company with headquarters in Redmond, Washington. It develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services. Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, the Microsoft Office suite, and the Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers.

At Microsoft our mission and values are to help people and businesses throughout the world realize their full potential.

Job Context

Job number: 1680104
Travel: 0-25 %
Start date: June 2024 (Summer)
Employment type: Internship
Profession: Software Engineering
Discipline: Software Engineering
Work site: Up to 50% work from home

Job Brief

• Every year, we welcome thousands of university students from every corner of the world to join Microsoft. You bring your aspirations, talent, potential—and excitement for the journey ahead.
• Come build community, explore your passions and do your best work at Microsoft with thousands of University graduates from every corner of the world.
• This opportunity will allow you to bring your aspirations, talent, potential—and excitement for the journey ahead.
• Software Engineer Interns (SWEs) work with teammates to solve problems and build innovative software solutions. You are passionate about customers and product quality, and you provide technical guidance to Program Managers as they consider user needs and product requirements.
• You will also be expected to demonstrate an ability to learn and adopt relevant new technologies, tools, methods and processes to leverage in your solutions.
• As a SWE, you are dedicated to design, development and testing of next-generation software which will empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Applies engineering principles to solve complex problems through sound and creative engineering.
• Demonstrates skill in time management and completing software projects in a cooperative team environment.
• Quickly learns new engineering methods and incorporates them into his or her work processes.
• Seeks feedback and applies internal or industry best practices to improve his or her technical solutions.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related field.
• Must have at least one additional quarter/semester of school remaining following the completion of the internship.
• One year of programming experience in an object-oriented language.
• Ability to demonstrate an understanding of computer science fundamentals, including data structures and algorithms.