Software Engineer 2 - Xbox Platform at Microsoft

The group designing and building the next generation of networking, multiplayer, and communications technology for the Xbox platform is looking for new talent!

Do you love all things networking? Do you think the world would be a much lonelier place without the ability to communicate, socialize, and play together online? If this sounds like you, come join the Xbox Platform Networking & Multiplayer Team as a Software Engineer II! More than 2.5B people play games across console, PC and mobile and our ambition is to reach all of them with industry leading experiences.

In this role you will be responsible for game networking experiences on Xbox, PC, and beyond. Your focus will be on the console OS platform and new device experiences, but the team has opportunities for breadth and impact spanning drivers to game development SDKs as you grow in your career.

Required

• A bachelor's degree in an engineering focused discipline (such as electrical engineering, electrical and computer engineering, computer science or computer engineering) OR equivalent work experience.

• 3+ years of industry software design and development experience.

• 2+ years of industry experience with C/C++.

Preferred

• Fundamental networking technologies such as TCP, UDP, IP, and REST

• Network drivers, especially NDIS + WDI

• Experience in both user and kernel mode development

• Experience authoring and maintaining developer facing APIs

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

• Focus on the design and implementation of reliable and efficient networking code. Create code that is maintainable and understandable.

• Own features end-to-end from design to release including requirements collection, design, coding, and documentation.

• Collaborate and build working relationships with the work group, teams across the Xbox organization and inside Microsoft, and industry partners.

• Improve platform reliability based on user and partner feedback.