Software Engineer 2
Microsoft · Posted Oct 15
Software, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and hardware services
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About the role
The Xbox Commerce team builds the engineering work that powers Xbox's commerce vision: developer tools and services for game creators, commerce systems connecting publishers with their audience, and high-availability platforms for gamers. The team works with design patterns, cloud tech, and machine learning while maintaining high availability services and securing customer data. This role designs and drives implementation of high-scale, high-availability back-end service-based solutions for publisher-facing experiences in collaboration with partner teams across Xbox.
What you will do
- 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.
- Build functional and technical documentation, write unit and integration tests, and update Continuous Integration and Continuous Deliver (CI/CD) pipelines.
- Well versed with agentic workflows. Able to work with AI in day to day for enhanced productivity
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or related technical field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
Preferred qualifications
- 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 and cross device testing.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is a multinational technology company that develops, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products, services, and hardware devices. Best known for its Windows operating systems, Microsoft 365 productivity suite, and Xbox gaming consoles, the company has expanded heavily into enterprise cloud computing via Azure and advanced artificial intelligence solutions. As one of the world's most valuable public enterprises, it empowers individuals and businesses globally through innovative digital transformation.
- Industry
- Software
- Company size
- 228,000+ employees
- Founded
- April 4, 1975
- Location
- Redmond, Washington, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Vice Chair and President
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