Senior Software Engineer, Live Services

Description

ABOUT BLACK TUSK:

Black Tusk Studios are a Microsoft 1st party development studio located in downtown Vancouver, Canada. We are the official home of the Gears of War franchise and our objective is to forge the future of the IP and push the limits of Microsoft’s entertainment platforms and devices. Our team is comprised of deep creative and technical expertise from our industry’s top shooter and action titles, working cohesively to delight our fan base and shatter expectations of what is possible.

SENIOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER (SDE) – Live Services

The Senior SDE will be responsible for design and implementation of robust, secure, and scalable web services, and deployment processes to support customer-facing applications. The successful candidate must have strong communication skills and be able to work side by side with programmers, designers and production staff, and be passionate about owning a reliable high-traffic web application to support console and multi-screen end points.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Work with project leads to design, implement and support reliable, secure, and scalable backend web services in support of public-facing online applications
Design, implement and support the Integration Xbox Live Services into client and server applications
Work closely with design and production teams to realize application functionality
Make architectural recommendations for performance and stability and security
Analyze feature designs and devise technical solutions
Assist with planning, estimation and distribution of work
Develop deployment process and mechanisms
Develop and implement stress testing plans
Helps Production develop schedules and determine milestones.

REQUIREMENTS:

BSc. degree in Computing Science, or equivalent experience.
Experience with object oriented programming languages (C++, C#, Java)
Experience with modern web technologies: ASP.NET, IIS, WCF, RESTful services, streaming media
Minimum 5+ years experience building online services for web or game applications
Experience supporting a live service with frequent refreshes of content and code

Experience architecting scalable server solutions to support high-traffic and high-bandwidth loads
Experience with planning for secure online deployments and operations

Experience with modern web analytics and data-driven product evolution
Experience deploying and supporting applications on cloud platforms (AWS EC2, Windows Azure)
Experience with multiple web technology stacks and SaaS models an asset
Experience developing: Sign-in flow, Match Making, leaderboards, VOIP a plus
Experience with Xbox Live (360/PC) networking a plus
Able to demonstrate knowledge of solid software engineering practices, experience with SCRUM / agile based methodologies a plus
Self-starter who works well within a creative team
Must be able to complete tasks in a timely manner.
Dynamic problem solver
Passion for web and mobile technology
Great sense of humour.

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