Responsibilities
Lead technical design and implementation across application layers, establishing clear standards for quality, maintainability, and engineering consistency.
Build and improve user interfaces, application logic, APIs, and data integrations with automated testing and dependable development practices while remaining a hands-on contributor to production code.
Partner with design, product, and engineering teams to solve usability and integration problems, document technical interfaces, and manage cross-team dependencies.
Raise the engineering bar through technical mentorship, design and code reviews, automated testing, CI/CD, and clear standards for accessibility, security, privacy, responsible technology use, performance, and maintainability.
Use telemetry, user feedback, testing, and operational learning to improve software usability, performance, reliability, and end-to-end quality.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
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Preferred Qualifications
Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
OR equivalent experience.
Experience building production applications across user interfaces, application logic, APIs, and data integrations, with attention to usability, performance, security, and maintainability.
Experience translating product and design requirements into coherent end-to-end experiences and evolving prototypes into reliable production software.
Solid software-engineering fundamentals and ability to write production-quality code using modern development practices, including GitHub, CI/CD, automated testing, and code reviews.
Experience with modern client or web application frameworks, backend services, API design, and scalable data storage.
Experience integrating model-backed features, retrieval, or agentic workflows into usable products with clear feedback, failure handling, and evaluation.
Experience designing accessible interfaces and improving user journeys through telemetry, customer feedback, usability work, and controlled experiments.
Experience with application and service observability, performance profiling, automated end-to-end testing, and dependable release practices.
Experience taking products from early exploration through launch and live operation while managing cross-team technical dependencies.
Games-industry knowledge and an interest in technology that enables players, creators, and development teams.
Strong verbal and written communication skills, technical mentorship, and ability to collaborate across product, design, engineering, and non-technical teams.
In the end, it’s the people of Mojang Studios that make this place truly special. When you join, you’ll find yourself in the company of incredibly bright, warm, and creative individuals – all united and working toward a single goal. Come help us reach it!
#mojangjobs #gamingjobs
Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 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 $160,200 - $261,000 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
Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $142,800 - $274,800 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 $188,000 - $304,200 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
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
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