Position: Game Developer Location: Redmond, WA
Responsibilities You will be responsible for server development and feature implementation through an existing Azure code base. You will take ownership of our Windows Azure-based MMO Service that provides content delivery, leaderboards, BI and game services to users worldwide on a 24x7 basis. Because we are a small team, we are looking for individuals that can do more than just “write code.” We want self-motivated individuals that are excited to dream, design, code and support great new features in the world of casual gaming. As a member of the Microsoft Casual Games Team you will: - Collaborate with designers, artists, and other programmers to deliver new experiences, tools, and features as they relate to acquiring, retaining and reacquiring players - Architect and build new services and service features, and optimize existing services to take advantage of the full spectrum of Azure capabilities and deliver testability, serviceability and fault tolerance. - Update existing services to take advantages of new Azure Services as they come on-board - Work closely with Azure Developers providing timely feedback on new services - Design and drive the evolution of our overall service topology with performance, scalability and supportability in mind - Help shape and define functional requirements, develop implementation plans for your areas of ownership - Coordinate closely with client developers and other consumers in the design and rollout of new features - Build BI reporting tools, organizing and mining large pools of raw data into usable formats - Maintain 24x7 services, and own the up-time of all services, all the way to the customer - Train other team members in how to understand and support our suite of services Qualifications and skills - 3+ years Azure Services development. Familiarity with major Azure service types, storage, SDKs and toolsets - Experience as an Azure developer for multiple high-availability, production-scale C# or C++ projects - A good understanding of optimizing Windows Azure services, building, measuring and validating are essential - Experience working with networked applications and networking code, as our games are multi-player and online with deep ties to online services - Strongly motivated and excited by working on a small nimble teams, with ability to work both independently and in conjunction with other team members - 5+ years of professional programming experience - 5+ years C# and C++ experience - BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience Bonus Qualifications: - Experience with Windows Store apps and WinRT - Experience with Unity or Xamarin - Experience shipping on mobile platforms - Experience with Xbox LIVE services - A passion for games and gaming, specifically casual games -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "US_IT.Groups" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/us_itgroups. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
