New 
Principal Software Engineer - Gaming
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Washington, Redmond | |
 Jul 07, 2025 | |
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OverviewCome help build the next evolution in Xbox Game Compatibility. Join the Xbox Platform team and leverage your system engineering experience to advance the future of Game Preservation. Your work will help identify and outline the specific requirements and technical boundaries for preserving game content, build scalable emulation solutions, and ensure a fun gameplay experience for all players. Our technology solutions are a critical part of enabling the Xbox goal of allowing players to continue to enjoy their games across devices. As Principal Software Engineer on our team, you will have the opportunity to shape the future of game preservation. You will own the design, development, and maintenance of tools to enable emulation. You will investigate graphics correctness and performance issues and build general solutions. Often, this will require working with limited access to debugging symbols and source code. You will leverage your technical and social skills to collaborate with team members and partners across Xbox, Microsoft, and 3rd party developers. 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.
ResponsibilitiesUnderstand all layers of the graphics stack: from game API usage to low-level hardware Investigate and solve game compatibility challenges Build tooling to support compatibility investigations Use your social skills to collaborate with team members and partners | |