Microsoft

Overview

Halo Studios is building the future of the blockbuster Halo series of video games with Unreal Engine. As part of Xbox Game Studios, the Halo franchise encompasses games, novels, comics, licensed collectibles, apparel, and more with a shared vision of heroism, mystery, and wonder. With multiple projects in development, join our team as we forge the next generation of games and experiences in our award-winning sci-fi universe.

Halo Studios is looking for our next Senior Software Engineering Architect to define the tools and infrastructure needed to power the future of Halo games in Unreal Engine 5. In this role, you will apply your architecture skills to solve varied technical challenges that are critical to enhancing the game developer experience and game delivery systems, ultimately ensuring the successful and on-time delivery of the next generation of Halo products. You will define technical strategies leveraging industry standard systems and tools while learning, adopting, and developing the bleeding edge cloud and AI technologies to increase developer efficiency. Roles at our studio are flexible, and you can work from home up to two days a week in this role.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain Halo Studios' use of Unreal Engine 5, including integrations, data validation, and testing.
• Design, implement and deploy Kubernetes, cloud experiences, and developer workflows to support the development of future Halo projects
• Design, implementation, and maintenance of the Studio's Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) infrastructure, including build systems, deployment pipelines, and testing frameworks.
• Collaborate with a cross-functional leadership team to deliver engineering solutions that match project goals & timelines.
• Drive technical excellence across the team, making technological choices that support a globally distributed development team.
• Develop engineering systems & culture centered around continuous feature delivery, demonstrating progress in building and quickly addressing customer needs.
• Design/adopt and implement observability solutions to monitor and respond to errors/ slowdowns/outages and make data-driven decisions on the direction of the project.
• Establish availability and performance targets and develop solutions to ensure that we meet our goals.
• Mentor and guide engineers to help grow the skillset of the team

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.
• 4+ years experience developing AAA games with industry standard or proprietary game engines (e.g. Unreal Engine).
• 4+ year experience developing in Azure or other cloud environments.
• 2+ years' experience building/desiging modern DevOps infrastructure including CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), containerization or orchestration technologies (Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Azure Kubernetes Services).

Other Requirements:

• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements is required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to, the following specialized security screenings:
• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
• OR related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR equivalent experience.
• 5+ years' experience building/desiging modern DevOps infrastructure including CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), containerization and orchestration technologies (Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Azure Kubernetes Services).
• 3+ years hands-on experience with Unreal Engine.
• 6+ years engineering experience at a Game Studio.
• 4+ years experience using/designing data and observability solutions to monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) for CI/CD infrastructure or developer experience.

Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $117,200 - $229,200 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 $153,600 - $250,200 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 will accept applications for the role until May 20th, 2025.

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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