Description :
Job Title: Software Development Engineer
Job Category: Software Development
Product: Games
Date Posted: 09/23/2008
Job Code: 243947
Location: WA - Redmond
Travel Required:
Are you an experienced game developer looking for new challenges in a fast paced and fun place to work? The Xbox Live Productions team develops first-party entertainment experiences for Xbox Live. As a developer in XLP, you will be working in a small team environment with opportunities for end-to-end ownership of major game features. We're small and nimble and don't have room for extreme specialization - you'll be working with a variety of modern game development aspects throughout a complete product cycle.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Schedule, design and implement polished game features in a timely fashion
Integrate and extend external codebases and middleware
Provide advice and solutions to streamline the efforts of other disciplines (design, art, test)
Iterate closely with art and game design to polish game play features
QUALIFICATIONS:
At least 4 years of C++ professional experience
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Excellent debugging and optimization skills
An in-depth understanding of the entire game development process from concept to release
Self-motivated problem solving, ability to ramp quickly on new technology, and a passion for creating amazing user experiences
BONUS SKILLS:
Experience shipping on current generation consoles
Recent experience with Xbox 360 graphics, animation, and art pipelines
Recent experience with highly scalable network server code
Heroic performance optimization mojo
Multithreaded game development experience
Experience shipping smaller games, such as Xbox Live Arcade titles
Game design talent and passion
Familiarity with Flash/Actionscript/Scaleform
Experience integrating and using 3rd-party game middleware