Software Engineer Apprentice

Microsoft is offering a Software Engineering Apprenticeship designed for recent graduates from the batch of 2025. This program is for candidates with no active academic backlogs and no prior full-time employment. As an apprentice, you will collaborate with global teams to design, develop, and test innovative software solutions. You will gain hands-on experience by applying engineering principles, learning new technologies, and contributing to real-world projects. This program emphasizes skill development through practical, on-the-job training over a 12-month period. Responsibilities: Apply engineering principles to solve complex problems creatively. Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and define user requirements. Understand business and end-user needs for assigned programs. Learn and integrate new engineering methods into work processes. Seek feedback and adopt best practices for continuous improvement. Manage time effectively and deliver projects in a collaborative team environment. Stay updated on industry trends to enhance product performance, reliability, and scalability. Develop and test software programs (e.g., Java, Python, HTML5) with best practices in reusability and exception handling. Maintain documentation for code, test cases, and reusable components.

Microsoft Corporation is a global leader in technology, renowned for its mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, Microsoft has grown into one of the world's largest and most influential companies, employing over 220,000 people worldwide as of 2024. The company is best known for its Windows operating system, Microsoft Office productivity suite, and Azure cloud computing platform, which serve billions of users and organizations globally. Microsoft's key activities span software development, cloud services, hardware (including Surface devices and Xbox gaming consoles), and artificial intelligence. The company maintains a dominant position in enterprise and consumer markets, consistently ranking among the most valuable brands in the world. In recent news, Microsoft has made significant advancements in AI, including its partnership with OpenAI and the integration of generative AI capabilities across its product suite. The company also completed its acquisition of Activision Blizzard in 2023, marking a major expansion in the gaming industry.