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Job Title: Software Development Engineer Job Category: Software Development Product: (Not Product Specific) Date Posted: 08/05/2008 Job Code: 223722 Location: WA - Redmond Travel Required: Games are at the heart of the theme of Connected Entertainment and the vision for the next generation of Microsoft products in the consumer space. This includes the online delivery of games and game content to our customers in a secure and seamless fashion. We want to enable access to great games and content, both publisher and user-generated, on PCs across the world. Our development partners look to us to provide an end-to-end solution for game content delivery, and it is the Windows Gaming Experience security team's responsibility to deliver that. Are you a talented developer eager to delve into security technologies or content protection? The successful candidate will be responsible for all aspects of product feature development, including architecture, design, development and unit testing while being accountable to deliver the highest quality components for our security platform. This role requires the ability to look at systems from a hacker's viewpoint, not assuming that the client and server are well-behaved and following the functional specs. The Windows Gaming Experience (WGX) team is a new organization chartered with delivering the most compelling game experiences to the world's largest connected community. WGX combines the best of Windows with the best of Entertainment & Devices to provide a unique opportunity to make a real difference in how Windows is perceived and used by consumers. Gaming on the Windows platform is a huge opportunity: each year over 14 million people play on MSN Games and over 60 million people play on Windows Live Messenger. DFC estimates more than 260 million people play games online on Windows, and countless millions more play Solitaire and Minesweeper and other in-box Windows OS games. WGX is chartered with providing a single gaming solution for games ranging from casual (like MSN Games) to AAA core titles (Games for Windows - LIVE). We're looking for strong software design engineers to help continue delivering the vision of Connected Entertainment. A successful candidate must have: Strong development skills in C/C++ Excellent communication and collaboration skills Extremely high integrity. A thirst for growth and striving towards engineering excellence A passion for following and understanding the gaming industry as a whole A BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent work is experience is preferred. Prior experience in security technologies (Windows security, anti-malware/spyware/virus, DRM, web security, etc) is preferred but not required.