Principal Software Engineer - Teams Social Gaming Team

Are you interested in bringing people together in fun and entertaining ways in the new world of remote and hybrid work?
Do you enjoy working across full stack client / server applications, using the latest modern Microsoft and open source platforms and tools including?:

• .Net
• Javascript / Typescript
• SolidJS / Svelte / React
• Azure services

If so, then consider joining the Teams Social Gaming team, within the Microsoft Casual Games Studio.
The Teams Social Gaming team is responsible for the Games for Work product that was just released worldwide for all Teams enterprise customers, enabling them to add a fun and engaging gaming experience into any meeting.
Games for Work current has optimized versions of classic games like: Solitaire, Wordament, and Minesweeper, and a new game IceBreakers, all of which are multi-player enabled and designed to create opportunities for remote and hybrid teams to take a break, have fun, and connect with each other on a deeper level.ResponsibilitiesOur teams is looking for a Principle Software Engineer, capable of working full stack to help maintain existing services, and develop new service features that power the Games for Work games, and to also contribute to building out new games to add to the Game for Work collection.
You will be responsible for live site operation, rotating on-call duties, Azure Dev Ops including maintenance and creation of build and release pipelines, development and deployment of services, and support and development of game client code.QualificationsRequired Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree computer science, or related technical discipline AND 6+ years of technical software development experience in: C#, Javascript, Typescript, Azure CosmosDB
  • OR equivalent expereince.
• 6+ years of experience building, deploying, and maintaining highly available scalable services
• Experience designing and implementing REST APIS on Azure Functions, Amazon Web Services Lambda, or similar tools.
• Experience with NoSQL data solutions such as Azure Cosmos DB .

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degee computer science, or related technical discipline and 10+ years of technical software development experience in: C#, Javascript, Typescript, Azure CosmosDB
• Experience with: C++, Angular, SolidJS, Svelte, Azure SignalR, Azure Web App, Azure CDN, Application Insights
• Experience with the games industry.

Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $133,600 - $256,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $173,200 - $282,200 per year.
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