In Xbox Live we strive to bring rich gaming experiences to developers and users. Our team is looking for a Software Engineer who is passionate about game technology and developer platform. As an engineer in this group, you would help us build software for the developer community and light up Xbox Live experiences for a whole new population of gamers.
This team builds a gaming SDK and associated experiences that run across all platforms that Xbox Live reaches. Experience with native, cross-platform development is important and the breadth of our reach represents an opportunity to work across many technology stacks. Success in this area requires great communication and collaboration as new features depend on coordination across internal and external teams coming from service, client, and game groups. This is your chance to bring gaming scenarios to life on devices that nearly everyone has, while adding huge value to the Xbox business.
• Real passion for gaming or gaming related technologies and experiences • Experience constructing high quality infrastructure that interact with modern services • Experience working across teams • Be Agile - thrive in an environment where your deliverables change rapidly in response to customer feedback and data • A strong performance history Strong pluses: • Excellent design and coding skills in C++ • Experience building developer-facing APIs • Game development experience • Ability and dedication to pick up new platforms and excel on them • Understanding of mobile-specific technical and design