At **Team Xbox** , we aspire to empower the world’s 3 billion gamers to play the games they want, with the people they want, anywhere they want. Gaming—the largest and fastest-growing category in media and entertainment—represents a significant growth opportunity for Microsoft. We are leading with innovation, as demonstrated by bringing the **Game Pass** subscription to PC, expanding Xbox to new devices through **Cloud Gaming** , and our recent acquisition of **Activision Blizzard King** , which creates exciting new possibilities for players. The **Xbox Experiences and Platforms** team is at the heart of this vision, delivering the engineering work that makes it possible. We build: + **Developer tools and services** that enable game creators to craft incredible experiences. + **Commerce systems** that connect publishers with their audiences and help gamers discover their next favorite game. + **Platforms** that ensure games perform at their best. + **Experiences** that turn every screen into an Xbox. _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** Our Developer team is looking for a **Software Engineer II** to join us on our journey to reimagine how game creators bring content to life—working together to transform the way developers onboard, publish, and receive support across our platforms. Our mission is to simplify and accelerate the creator journey by building intuitive tools, resilient services, and responsive support systems that empower creators—from indie studios to AAA publishers—to move faster, with greater confidence and less friction. **Responsibilities include:** + Work on products and services leveraging the latest Microsoft technologies. + Partner with experts across geographic and organizational boundaries to drive impactful changes. + Follow modern engineering principles and practices, including code reviews and project management. + Tackle challenges associated with well-established, large-scale systems. + Participate in governance activities, manage technical tasks, and ensure quality through automated testing and integration validation. + Build functional and technical documentation, write unit and integration tests, and maintain Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines. **Qualifications** **Required Qualifications:** + Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python + OR equivalent experience. + Global collaboration is integral to our work at Microsoft, and proficiency in English is essential for effective communication in this role. **Preferred Qualifications:** + Excellent skills in design, debugging and problem solving. + Passion for customers, product quality and test engineering. + Demonstrated experience in shipping high-quality products or services. + Familiarity with Azure, web services, multi-tiered client/server distributed applications and cross device, testing. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .