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Posted date: Jun 19, 2025
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Category: Software Engineering
Location: Redmond, WA
Estimated salary: $188,900
Range: $119,800 - $258,000
Employment type: Full-Time
Work location type: Up to 100% work from home
Role: Individual Contributor
Description
Come help build the next evolution in Xbox Game Compatibility. Join the Xbox Platform team and leverage your system engineering experience to advance the future of Game Preservation. Your work will help identify and outline the specific requirements and technical boundaries for preserving game content, build scalable emulation solutions, and ensure a fun gameplay experience for all players. Our technology solutions are a critical part of enabling the Xbox goal of allowing players to continue to enjoy their games across devices.As an infrastructure engineer, you will have the opportunity to shape the future of our game preservation tooling and services. You will own the design, development, and maintenance of our existing tools, as well as the creation of new solutions to improve the emulation capabilities and validation efforts. You will also oversee our build system and ensure its reliability and performance. You will leverage your technical and social skills to collaborate with team members and partners across the Xbox organization.
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.
Develop high quality maintainable tools that increase efficiency within the teamBe an active participant in team direction and development discussionsSolve complex data storage problems using Azure technologiesManage our existing Azure resources and securityUse your social skills to collaborate with team members and partners
Qualifications
Required/Minimum Qualifications (RQs/MQs)Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#OR equivalent experience.Working experience with Azure DevOps build pipelines
Preferred Skills
Experience using different Azure technology offeringsAbility to understand the big picture and provide ideas and insightClear and direct communication skills
Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year. 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 $158,400 - $258,000 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until July 14, Year.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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. 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.
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