Microsoft is hiring a Senior Software Engineer with a focus in Performance Tooling for its Xbox Graphics team.
July 1, 2021
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Location: Redmond, WA
Xbox PIX is the most sophisticated performance profiling tool known to humankind. Leveraging intimate control of the entire hardware and software stack from the silicon up though graphics and memory systems to the game itself, PIX provides game developers with unparalleled visibility into their game's performance and its interactions with the GPU. Xbox Series X is unapologetically the most powerful and best designed console on the planet.
Our customers and partners are the brightest minds in the industry and PIX is essential in the development of every major game. Working on the Xbox PIX team entails daily interactions with talented rendering engineers, gifted hardware architects, and passionate programmers around the world. In our friendly, collaborative environment, we are all on the shared mission to ensure that all games run beautifully at the highest resolutions and frame rates.
The PIX team is hiring experienced graphics programmers and GPU engineers! Join our group of talented women and men in providing essential tools for the gaming industry. Do you think it would be fun to help game developers bring their art to new levels of performance? If so, please join us in making games for everyone. Candidates with prior experience in applied research in machine learning are encouraged to apply.
Responsibilities
Design and implement tooling to provide actionable insights into graphics performance and correctness
Work with graphics developers to provide crucial support for PIX and Xbox Graphics
Analyze large datasets to identify customer challenges and trends
Fix issues throughout the tooling and console graphics software stack
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
Experience with graphics and performance on AAA games
5+ years of software development experience
5+ years coding in C++, C# and/or HLSL (or equivalent)
Preferred Qualifications
Passion for graphics, GPUs, and/or performance
Strong communication and collaboration skills
Interest in growth and learning
If you are interested in other opportunities on the team, please see the list of open positions here:
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