Server Engineer, Minecraft

At Mojang Studios, the creators of Minecraft, we are on a mission to build a better 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 Realms and Gatherings Team is looking for a Server Engineer to help us craft an amazing future for Minecraft Online and all of our server-based experiences. Lots of fun for our players!

The Minecraft Realms and Gatherings Team is responsible for all the features that enable server-based experiences on Minecraft: Realms, Live Events, and other partner servers.

You will be part of a dynamic team building features to empower internal and external partners to create amazing shared experiences for users and their friends, block by block, one crafting recipe at a time.

Do you have a passion for giving users an amazing time playing multiplayer Minecraft 'til the wee hours of the morning? Come join us!

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 solutions for systems which result in simple, extensible, and maintainable high-quality code.
• Implement systems that improve our outcomes, both for our own developers and designers, as well as all the passionate community of users that love Minecraft.
• Effectively communicating, both within the team and across the organization
• Building partnerships to maximize impact for yourself and all of Minecraft.
• Embody our Culture and Values

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.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Developing and coordinating features using Microsoft Azure compute , storage, cache, VMs, containers, or utilizing a comparable cloud-based web s ervice provider .

• Understanding of test - and performance - driven methodology to build services that ensure our services are secure, robust and handle extremely high scale.

• Experience in writing code in C# and .Net (preferred) and/or other related languages.

• Extensive experience building RESTful APIs, utilizing design patter ns to ensure code is robust, offloads processing when appropriate and that are designed to scale .

Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $98,300 - $193,200 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 $127,200 - $208,800 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 September 10, 2024.

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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