Responsibilities
The xCloud team is looking for a software engineer with experience in game development and middleware or SDK development to work on enabling game developers to take advantage of the unique capabilities that streaming on Project xCloud provides to their games. You will work on designing and building APIs and tools for game developers, enabling them to build high quality streaming games. This role will also include working directly with game developers on enabling streaming aware features and experiences.
- Collaboration, diversity, lean process, transparency and self-direction are valued here. Expect to be given room and support to grow personally and professionally.
- Experience building video games, especially working with game engines (Unreal or Unity a benefit)
- Experience with OS and system software architecture and internals, especially game platforms, is a plus
- Experience building mobile applications
- BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Software engineering, related field or equivalent experience
Qualifications
- 5+ years professional experience in software development (coding in C/C++/C#, debugging, problem solving, etc.)
- Experience shipping AAA current generation games on console or PC
- Proven record of outstanding relationship management across internal and external teams
- Comfortable navigating a large, established code base
- Experience with developing, shipping and supporting developer facing APIs and debugging tools
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