Job description
At Mojang Studios, the creators of Minecraft, we are on a mission to build a better world through the power of play.
Why play? Well, play is at the heart of everything we do. It’s the blocky backbone of our games, the core of our development philosophy, and even the origin of our name. From the relentless experimentation of our endlessly inspiring community to the classrooms where Minecraft has become an essential teaching tool, play is the bedrock of our existence.
We enable millions to create and play together, connect people across the globe, and foster a community that is among the most active and passionate in the world. Our community is global and incredibly diverse. When we are developing anything within our franchise, we keep this in mind. We want everyone to not only feel included in Minecraft, but also to see themselves in what we make. Our goal is for the Mojang Studios team to be as diverse as our community.
Minecraft inspires millions to create together, connects people across the globe, and brings together a community that is among the most active and passionate in the world. The Minecraft team is looking for a developer to lead and drive the timely delivery of next generation game technology and foundations.
The Software Engineer role takes end-to-end ownership for the development of products and services features that delight customers and add strategic value to Microsoft. They evaluate requirements, estimate costs, and design and implement products and services features. They help define and implement the quality criteria for their products and services features, using measurements and insights to understand and validate the quality of experience for customers. They improve the engineering process, manage risks, dependencies, and compromises, and integrate software into broader ecosystems and/or products and services.
You will work with peers across disciplines (Art, Design, Production, and Test) to build robust features on a predictable schedule and at high quality. You identify technology opportunities, risks, and prototyping new techniques to create high quality player-focused games.
Responsibilities
- Develop and coordinate features using Microsoft Azure compute and Storage
- Define initiatives that impact our games or services
- Ensure timely, high-quality deliverables
- Effectively communicate, within the team and across the organization
- Build strong partnerships with developers, program managers, and designers
Qualifications
Required:
1+ years experience writing cloud-based web services, preferably in Azure- 1+Years experience writing code in C#, Java, and/or other related languages
Preferred:
Understanding of Azure for compute, storage, cache, and VMs, or comparable cloud-based web services.- Understanding of test- and performance-driven methodology to build services. We need to ensure that our services are both robust and handle extremely high scale.
In the end, it’s the people of Mojang Studios that make this place truly special. When you join, you’ll find yourself in the company of incredibly bright, warm, and creative individuals – all united and working toward a single goal. Come help us reach it!
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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. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. 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.
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