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Job title

Software Development Engineer

Company Microsoft Entertainment & Devices
Wage Not specified
Location United States, California, Mountain View
Employment type Full Time
Education Not Specified
Year Experience 4 - 5 Years of Practical Experience
Travel Not Specified
Published on 8/21/2008
Description
Job Title: Software Development Engineer
Job Category: Software Development
Product: (Not Product Specific)
Date Posted: 05/14/2008
Job Code: 232105
Location: CA - Mountain View
Travel Required:

The Xbox division is continuously looking for the next great end-to-end experiences that will (re)define gaming and on-demand entertainment in the future. Would you like to be part of the team that is actively looking for those experiences? The Xbox Incubation team is looking for a seasoned, Senior SDE that will help us find that experience. In addition to strong technical skill, this person will need to enjoy being part of a fast moving, high-technology, cross-discipline creative and artistic team. The successful candidate will have solid understanding of the Xbox 360 software and system architecture from the OS, to the dashboard, all the way up to Xbox LIVE interactions. Essential functions: - Real passion for users' experience and the way they interface with hardware/software/services - Experience with, as well as a demonstrated ability to come up-to-speed quickly on new technical domains - Passion for technology and expanding the role of gaming and entertainment - The ability to come up with creative and realistic solutions to highly ambiguous problems Desired Qualifications: - Proven ability to help a "start up" organization on their fast track to prototype innovative designs and concepts - Professional coding and design experience (ex: C/C++, Flash, Python, TCL, C#, XnA, lua, mel etc) - Passion for playing and developing exceptional console experiences Pluses: - Previous published games - Expertise in a specialist area (such as music, mathematics, physics, networking, AI or graphics) - Experience with 3DS Max or Maya Education: - A BS in computer science or math, or equivalent experience

Excellent communication, cross-group collaboration, and interpersonal skills
Excellent change management and strong systems diagnosis skills
Strong customer focus and business acumen
Strong action orientation and drive for results (execution and implementation)
Must be able to function independently and handle ambiguity
Organizational agility

Required qualifications:
BS or BA degree Human Resources, Organization Development, Psychology or Social Sciences
7+ years related experience in a combination of employee learning, curriculum planning, organizational consulting
Deep expertise and a high level of credibility in employee development and learning methodology, with track record of developing leading edge interventions
Strong client focus and outstanding consulting skills including the ability to appropriately challenge senior leaders and to work in ambiguous environments
Strong professional network which enables benchmarking, research and sharing of best practices
A demonstrated history of execution in a corporate environmentdf-tc

Experience/Skills
See above

Other desired skills:
Software Development Engineer
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