About the Role

Principal Software Engineer responsible for designing, implementing and shipping core services for Microsoft's Casual Gaming portfolio and platform. Leads architectural design for complex Microsoft-scale services and provides expert mentorship to engineering teams while collaborating across disciplines in a game studio environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead architectural design for complex Microsoft-scale services
• Define, build and maintain high-quality, maintainable, secure production-ready code
• Provide expert mentorship and guidance to engineering team
• Lead multiple product's project plans, release plans, and work items
• Serve as Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) monitoring system/product/service

Required Skills & Qualifications

Must Have:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience
• 4+ years building online services for Live-Service Games, Gaming, Web, and/or SaaS platforms
• 5+ years experience designing secure and scalable services on Azure or AWS
• Ability to meet Microsoft and/or government security screening requirements

Nice to Have:

• Master's Degree in Computer Science AND 12+ years experience OR Bachelor's Degree AND 15+ years experience
• 2+ shipped video games on PC, console and/or mobile
• Proven experience driving architectural and technical discussion with cross-discipline leadership

Benefits & Perks

• Industry leading healthcare