Description :
Job Title: Software Development Engineer
Job Category: Software Development
Product: Xbox
Date Posted: 07/01/2008
Job Code: 226167
Location: WA - Redmond
Travel Required:
Do you like playing video games? Would you like to work on technology that impacts gaming for Xbox 360, Games for Windows and Xbox LIVE? Are you ready for the challenge of joining the game industry? Are you passionate about server and platform development? The XNA LIVE Server team is looking for a strong Software Developer to become part of the XNA team that delivers the game server development platform for extending Xbox LIVE and Games for Windows LIVE. We have delivered this technology in games like Project Gotham Racing 3 & 4, Forza 2, and Viva Pi?ata, and are now expanding that to more developers as a platform product. We are leading the effort to stay ahead of the competition in the area of online gaming innovation.
As an SDE on our web UI team, you will own development of functional and dynamic web interfaces to online game features for publishers, administrators, and players. In this position you have the opportunity to interact directly with customers.
Here is what the XNA LIVE Server team can offer to you:
Working with the latest and cutting edge technology around Xbox LIVE, web services, protocols, object framework design, native code networking and threading, and more;
An organization that values all disciplines equally: Dev, Test and PM;
The opportunity to solve complex problems including client/server scalability, extensibility, and security;
Fun improving and playing the latest Microsoft games;
A great environment for visibility, scope and other important career enabling opportunities;
Fast paced release cycles - drop every 5 weeks and ship at least once a year;
Great work/life balance derived from world-class engineering and project management practices;
Awareness of all that is going in the Gaming World!
As a key contributor we want you to: develop quality back-ends and APIs that enable new online game feature innovation (think tournaments, clans, user-generated content, stats, auctions, etc.), design components and abstraction layers for serious extensibility, provide technology that enables huge scalability, implement new classes of online game features, work directly with game teams to craft custom solutions for online game features, develop usable web interfaces and widgets, and much more.
We are an organization with a big charter, ambitious goals and with great growth potential. We are starting to work on brand new projects. The scope of our products is also increasing significantly, therefore if you like environments where innovation is encouraged and appreciate working on projects since their early stages, I am confident you'd like what we have to offer. You will make an immediate contribution if you can hit the ground running!
The successful candidate will have at least 2 years of professional experience in development using C#, HTML, JavaScript and related web technologies, and strong communication skills. Previous experience with C++, SQL, networking and protocols, and/or game feature development is very desirable as well.
Our work is challenging and rewarding - if you're ready, Jump In. Help shape the future of gaming at Microsoft and industry-wide!
