Microsoft Game Studios' 343 Industries is looking for a Senior SDE to develop new experiences in the Halo universe. Work on one of the most exciting and creative intellectual properties in the industry -- we are gathering an incredible team to help drive the future of Halo.
The ideal developer for this position should bring a passion for video games and video game communities, get excited about creating new game experiences, as well as be a top notch engineer. Come be a part of a new, fun and talented development family building game technology in a startup studio environment.
This role has the potential to evolve quickly into a coding Lead role.
Responsibilities:
You will be a cornerstone of a dev team building a long lived client platform and suite of game and community experiences from the ground up. You will work with artists, designers, developers and testers as well as several external teams - including other MGS studios and the Xbox Platform team.
Specific focus areas include: - Developing client-side network code and data models - Owning new features from end-to-end and start-to-finish - Building UI, game, and community features that are cutting-edge - Architecting a platform of technology to support multiple feature releases over many years - Guiding and mentoring more junior developers
Qualifications/Skills
- At least 7 years of professional C++ experience - Strong debugging and optimization skills in a low-level environment - Broad and deep console game development expertise - LUA experience a plus - Dynamic UI systems experience a plus - Knowledge of game content pipelines a plus - Experience in multiple engines and middleware packages a plus - Art tools (Maya API, Mel scripting, 3D Studio Max Plug-ins) experience a plus - 3D graphics experience a plus - Client/server networking experience a plus - XLSP experience a plus
