At Mojang Studios, the creators of Minecraft, we are on a mission to build a world through the power of play.
Why play? Well, play is at the heart of everything we do. It’s the blocky backbone of our games, the core of our development philosophy, and even the origin of our name. From the relentless experimentation of our endlessly inspiring community to the classrooms where Minecraft has become an essential teaching tool, play is the bedrock of our existence.
We enable millions to create and play together, connect people across the globe, and foster a community that is among the most active and passionate in the world. Our community is global and incredibly diverse. When we are developing anything within our franchise, we keep this in mind. We want everyone to not only feel included in Minecraft, but also to see themselves in what we make. Our goal is for the Mojang Studios team to be as diverse as our community.
The Minecraft Engineering System team needs a Senior Software Engineer Lead to lead our Test Automation team. This team supports Mojang Studio’s ability to ship high quality releases via our in-game test framework and Continuous Delivery services and practices. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer Lead with experience building Azure services with technologies like C#/Azure Kubernetes, as well as C++ client or game engine code. You’ll work with developers across the organization who are building and running tests, to make their development process easy and efficient. In this role, you will empower Mojang Studios to delight new players, provide innovative content, and expand to new platforms and titles for generations to come.
Qualifications:
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
- OR equivalent experience
- 1+ years of experience as an engineering lead
- Experience with build or test automation frameworks and infrastructure
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience building either native applications or AAA video games on a variety of platforms
- Familiarity with DevOps/Quality tooling such as Azure pipelines and the AppCenter testing platform, or equivalents from other DevOps ecosystems
Software Engineering M4 – The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $112,000 – $218,400 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 $145,800 – $238,600 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form .
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Responsibilities:
- Growing a team with software engineering practices, including supporting team members’ growth.
- Designing solutions for systems with extensible and maintainable quality code.
- Leading design, implementation, and code reviews across the feature area. Mentoring team members on doing these at quality.
- Applying solutions to improve the internal developer experience by collecting feedback and data and translating it into improvements.
- Optimizing team processes and automation resource usage to improve productivity.
- Use technical knowledge of the product design and code to identify risks and prevent classes of bugs.