Software Engineer II

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On Team Xbox, we aspire to empower the world’s 3 billion gamers to play the games they want, with the people they want, anywhere they want. Gaming, the largest and fastest growing category in media & entertainment, represents an important growth opportunity for Microsoft. We are leading with innovation, as highlighted by bringing Xbox to new devices with Cloud Gaming, bringing the Game Pass subscription to PC, and creating exciting new possibilities for players.

The Xbox Experiences and Platforms team is home to the engineering work that makes this vision possible, building the developer tools and services that enable game creators to craft incredible experiences, the commerce systems that connect publishers with their audience and help gamers engage with their next favorite games, the platforms on which those games play at their best, and the experiences that turn every screen into an Xbox.

We are the services team dedicated to helping clients deliver exceptional customer experiences quickly and efficiently. In this role, you’ll build features on services that ensure players enjoy a seamless and consistent gaming experience across Web, TV, Console, PC, and Mobile.

Required: Master's/Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 3+ year(s) of technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, .Net,C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.

Preferred:

• Excellent skills in design, debugging, and problem solving.

• Passion for customers, product quality and test engineering.

• Demonstrated experience in shipping high-quality products and services.

• Familiarity with Azure, web services, multi-tiered client/server distributed applications

Our team works primarily on high scale, high availability back-end services that power publisher facing experiences. The team also works closely with various partner teams inside Xbox to deliver comprehensive solutions. This position will be responsible for designing and driving implementation of service-based solutions across these areas and partner teams. An ideal candidate for this position will have extensive web services experience.

Responsibilities include:

• Add new functionality to large-scale Microsoft services, applying modern Microsoft technologies and best practices.

• Design solutions by collaborating with team members and subject matter experts across locations to deliver high-quality solutions.

• Follow established engineering principles, participate in code reviews, and learn project management fundamentals.

• Assist in governance activities, execute technical tasks, and ensure quality through automated testing and integration validation.

• Create and maintain functional and technical documentation, write unit and integration tests, and support CI/CD pipeline updates.

• Engage in continuous learning, seek mentorship, and develop skills in scalable systems and cloud technologies.