The Xbox Game Studios Publishing team responsible for the recently released Microsoft Flight Simulator, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, and Tell Me Why is seeking a Game Services Engineer. This is a rare opportunity to join a creative and motivated team of people, develop exciting new projects, and take advantage of the newest technology available with backing and support from across Microsoft. Join the team driving world-class game development that sets the standard for entertainment across a growing family of devices including Xbox and Windows.  

Senior Game Services Engineer  

Our team is responsible for building and operating the services that power our games â€“ whether they were released years ago or have yet to be announced. We’re looking for a services engineer with strong experience in service development and cloud engineering. The ideal candidate will have experience with all aspects of the DevOps lifecycle, including planning, developing, testing, deploying, and operating large-scale highly available web services. 

Responsibilities

Responsibilities: 

• Design and develop custom web services for a variety of game features hosted in the cloud. 
• Develop and maintain libraries, templates, and documentation to help our partners build world-class web services. 
• Develop effective monitoring and alerting to achieve high up-time. 

• Troubleshoot and resolve service and infrastructure failures. 
• Participate in 24x7 on-call rotation. 

Qualifications

Qualifications:  

• ASP.NET Core service development experience. 

• Experience with a cloud computing environment (Azure or others). 
• Operational experience with an observability stack. 
• Operational experience with both Linux and Windows. 
• CI/CD pipeline development experience (Azure DevOps or others). 
• Experience with operating REST services. 

• 3+ years engineering experience. 

  

Preferred:  

• Experience developing and operating applications within Kubernetes. 
• Experience with Docker. 

• Experience with Terraform, or comparable IaC tools. 
• Experience with Prometheus and Grafana. 
• Experience using the Kusto Query Language. 
• History of game development experience or a passion for online gaming. 
• Self-motivated and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment. 

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related degree. 
• Strong verbal and written communication skills. 

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.