Software Engineer II - Frontend

At Xbox, we believe in our mission of reaching over 2 billion gamers worldwide.  Gaming today brings people from all walks of life and geographies together—centering them around the thing they love most—GAMES! 

The Xbox Experiences and Platform Commerce (XPC) team is responsible for ensuring publishers have low friction access to our ecosystem, rich insights into the publishing experience, and a world class platform to provide their content to Gamers around the world.  We work closely with partner teams across Xbox, as well as both internal and external game studios to further these goals.  We’re always striving to find new and innovative ways of incorporating the latest in design patterns, cloud tech, and machine learning to create better experiences – all while maintaining very high availability services and ensuring the safety and security of our customers’ data. 

We are looking for a Software Engineer to help us build store and creator experiences. In this role you will work with a diverse team of engineers to develop new platform features and deliver innovative gaming experiences in web. You will collaborate with geographically distributed program management, UX design, and engineers to implement and roll out features and solutions that delight our customers.  

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond. 

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include: 

• Learn about various tools and technologies and effectively use them to deliver a wide variety of customer experiences.
• Implement, validate, and release high quality product features.
• Adhere to modern engineering principles and practices. 
• Collaborate with other engineers and program managers to make impactful changes. 
• Actively contribute to a flexible, diverse, and inclusive culture that brings out the best in the team.
  
  

Qualifications

Required: 

• BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent.
• 5+ years of experience in software development skills building end-user applications
• Understanding of data structures, algorithms, threading, synchronization.
• Experience building React, Angular or Typescript applications  
• Good design and coding skills in JavaScript
• A strong interest in bringing end user experiences to a gaming audience and an understanding of their needs 
  
  

Preferred:  

• Experience using real time data signals to monitor and alert on product health 
• Experience shipping web applications using React JS and Typescript  
• Experience shipping cross-platform applications using React JS and Typescript  
• Understanding of modern web app development against cloud service dependencies  
• Technical knowledge and understanding of challenges related to the gaming space, including but not limited to responsive UX design across device form factors, navigational input including gamepad, touch, and mouse/keyboard.  
  
  

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.