Senior Software Engineer - Backend
Job Description
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 our recent acquisition of Activision Blizzard King 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 favourite games, the platforms on which those games play at their best, and the experiences that turn every screen into an Xbox.
Locations
- Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Salary
Salary not disclosed
Estimated Salary Rangehigh confidence
25,000,000 - 45,000,000 USD / yearly
Source: ai estimated
* This is an estimated range based on market data and may vary based on experience and qualifications.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 7+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience. (degree)
- Excellent skills in design, debugging and problem solving. (degree)
- Commitment to customers, product quality and test engineering. (degree)
- Demonstrated experience in shipping high-quality products or services. (degree)
- Familiarity with Azure, Autopilot, web services, multi-tiered client/server distributed applications and cross device, testing. (degree)
- Knowledge of distributed cloud service technologies such as Kubernetes, Redis, Azure Data Lake, CosmosDB. (degree)
- Good communication skills and ability to collaborate with multiple teams within the organization. (degree)
Preferred Qualifications
- Excellent skills in design, debugging and problem solving. (degree)
- Commitment to customers, product quality and test engineering. (degree)
- Demonstrated experience in shipping high-quality products or services. (degree)
- Familiarity with Azure, Autopilot, web services, multi-tiered client/server distributed applications and cross device, testing. (degree)
- Knowledge of distributed cloud service technologies such as Kubernetes, Redis, Azure Data Lake, CosmosDB. (degree)
- Good communication skills and ability to collaborate with multiple teams within the organization. (degree)
Responsibilities
- Working on products and services leveraging the latest technologies from Microsoft.
- Partner with experts across geographic and organizational boundaries to make impactful changes.
- Adhere to modern engineering principles and practices, code reviews, and project management.
- Take on challenges of working with well-established, large-scale systems.
- Participate in governance activities, manage technical tasks, and ensure quality assurance through automated testing and integration validation.
- Share knowledge through mentorship and regular team interactions.
- Build functional and technical documentation, write unit and integration tests, and update Continuous Integration and Continuous Deliver (CI/CD) pipelines.
Travel Requirements
3 days / week in-office
