Software Engineer Internship Opportunities
Barcelona, Spain
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Overview
Come build community, explore your passions and do your best work at Microsoft with thousands of University interns from every corner of the world. This opportunity will allow you to bring your aspirations, talent, potential—and excitement for the journey ahead.
As a Software Engineering Intern, you will work with teammates to solve problems and build innovative software solutions. You will apply your passion for customers and product quality as you provide technical guidance to Technical Program Managers and Product Managers. You will learn and adopt relevant new technologies, tools, methods, and processes to leverage in your solutions. This opportunity will enable you to advance your career by designing, developing, and testing next-generation software that 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.
Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
• Currently pursuing Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• Must have at least 1 semester/term remaining following the completion of the internship
• Fluency in English
• You must be legally authorised to work in Spain to be eligible for this role. (Legally authorised = has citizenship or has been granted a valid visa or work permit)
Preferred Qualifications
• Ability to demonstrate an understanding of computer science fundamentals, including data structures and algorithms
The internship is set to begin in June 2025 and will last for a duration of 12 weeks.
Please note: To be eligible for this internship you must comply with the requirements as set out in the Spanish Royal Decree 592/2014, of 11 July, which regulates external academic internships for university students. See summary below of the requirements you must comply with as a candidate:
- Enrolment: Candidates must be currently enrolled in a university and pursuing a degree program.
- Internship Types: Internships can be either curricular (part of the academic program) or extracurricular (optional but beneficial for practical experience).
- Duration and Schedule:
- Curricular Internships: Duration is defined by the academic program.
- Extracurricular Internships: Should not exceed 50% of the academic year and must be compatible with the student's academic schedule.
- Educational Cooperation Agreements: The candidate should be able to obtain an educational cooperation agreement
- with their university which can be agreed upon by a potential new employer with who is offering an internship. These agreements will outline the training plan, authorizations, insurance, scholarships, data protection, conflict resolution, and mentor recognition and must be agreed and signed by all three parties (The candidate, The University and The new employer) prior to any start date.
For more info please see: BOE-A-2014-8138 Real Decreto 592/2014, de 11 de julio, por el que se regulan las prácticas académicas externas de los estudiantes universitarios.
Responsibilities
• Apply engineering principles to solve complex problems through sound and creative engineering.
• Work with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a feature.
• Quickly learns new engineering methods and incorporates them into work processes.
• Seek feedback and apply internal or industry best practices to improve technical solutions.
• Demonstrate skill in time management and completing software projects in a cooperative team environment.
• Review current developments and proactively seek new knowledge that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.
