Microsoft

Senior Software Engineer, Minecraft

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2 days ago
Redmond, WA, USASenior
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Base Salary

$120k - $261k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain high-quality, business-critical web experiences for Minecraft.
  • Develop modern web applications and shared UI capabilities using React, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
  • Evolve shared web platforms, component libraries, and engineering practices to improve consistency, quality, and developer productivity.
  • Prioritize accessibility, performance, reliability, security, maintainability, responsive design, and cross-browser compatibility.
  • Partner with product, design, engineering, and studio stakeholders to understand needs, shape technical solutions, and deliver player-focused outcomes.
  • Participate in architecture and technical design discussions and help drive projects from concept through production release.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and at least four years of technical engineering experience, including coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, or equivalent experience.
  • At least four years of experience designing and building modern web applications with HTML, JavaScript, React, TypeScript, and CSS.
  • At least four years of experience solving complex web application development challenges involving debugging, performance optimization, scalability, maintainability, and cross-browser compatibility.
  • At least three years of experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs and integrating web applications with distributed or service-oriented architectures.
  • At least three years of experience using source control systems such as Git and collaborating in modern development workflows.
  • Preferred: bachelor’s degree and at least eight years of professional software engineering experience, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Preferred: experience delivering production-quality customer-facing web applications and understanding modern browser technologies, web standards, and responsive design.
  • Preferred: experience with architecture and technical design discussions, WCAG accessibility standards, inclusive design, and cross-functional collaboration.

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About Microsoft

10,000+ employees

Microsoft develops operating systems, productivity software, cloud services, developer tools, and consumer devices for individuals, enterprises, and governments. Its main products include Windows, Microsoft 365, Azure, Visual Studio/GitHub, Xbox, and LinkedIn; revenue comes from software subscriptions and licenses, cloud consumption, hardware sales, and advertising. Founded in 1975 and headquartered in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft is a public company traded on Nasdaq.

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