Senior Marketplace Engineer - Microsoft Flight Simulator - Xbox Game Studios

Company: Microsoft Corporation
Location: Redmond
Posted on: June 12, 2021

Job Description:

Come join the team responsible for the Microsoft Flight Simulator franchise! The Microsoft Flight Simulator team is looking for a Senior Marketplace Engineer, a person who is a self-driven and highly skilled full stack senior software engineer, to join its marketplace publishing team.

We recently released a new simulator to both critical acclaim and commercial success, but we're only just starting on our journey with this new platform. This is a rare opportunity to join a diverse and creatively driven team, and take advantage of the newest technology available with backing and support from across Microsoft.

In this role, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining the web portal and backend services that enable Microsoft Flight Simulator's marketplace partners to submit, validate, and ingest content into the in-app store. Ideally, you demonstrate the ability to manage the completion of projects that involve OO/UI and supporting backend services in a fast-paced agile environment working closely with product stakeholders.

• 5+ years of web development experience (C#/.Net Core, HTML, JavaScript/Typescript, CSS).
• 5+ years of experience developing cloud-based services and applications over Azure, AWS or equivalent.
• Experience using a modern JavaScript Framework (React, Vue, Angular).
• Experience delivering solutions leveraging Relational Databases.
• A strong working knowledge of building and interfacing with REST APIs.
• Demonstrated ability to debug, troubleshoot, and optimize for high performance user experiences.
• Experience working with Git.
• Strong technical communication skills.

Preferred:

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or Software Development.
• Experience working with Microsoft cloud / web development technologies.
• Experience developing a React CRA frontend against a .NET Core backend.
• Experience with Azure Dev Ops.
• Experience with Perforce.

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.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

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• Ship high-quality, well-tested, well-instrumented, well-documented, secure, accessible and maintainable code.
• Deliver web experiences that are highly crafted, user-focused, and adhere to accessibility standards by coordinating and developing back-and-front end solutions.
• Thoroughly understand content ingestion pipeline and develop technical solutions that automate multistage process.
• Analyze and apply telemetry and other feedback to simplify or improve user experience and accessibility.
• Create and maintain project build systems, repositories, and release strategies to preserve the integrity and availability of production systems while deploying new software.
• Participate in discussions concerning process architecture and technical feasibility, make decisions, and justify development approach.
• Work closely with product owner and stakeholders to help address business needs while maintaining engineering standards and paying down technical debt.
• Participate in an on-call rotation and work occasional off-hours.

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