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Principal Software Engineer
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Washington, Redmond | |
 May 07, 2025 | |
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OverviewCome help build the next evolution in Xbox Game Compatibility. Join the Xbox Platform team to leverage your system and security engineer experience to secure the future of Game Preservation. Your work will help identify and outline the specific requirements and security boundaries for protecting game content, build scalable emulation solutions, and ensure a safe and fun gameplay experience for all players. Our technology solutions are a critical part of enabling the Xbox goal of allowing players to experience their games on any device. As a Principal Software Engineer in Xbox, you will coordinate across teams to define and implement the Xbox backward compatibility game security system to protect game assets while improving the experience for our customers. You will work with other experienced emulation engineers to deliver high quality solutions that not only protect game content but also improve the experience of installing compatible games. You will be a key contributor to the technology solutions developed to emulate legacy games on modern platforms. This will allow you an opportunity for a broad impact across the Xbox and Windows gaming ecosystem. This role is flexible in that you will be able to partner with your manager to define the way that you'd like to work, whether that is in the office or from home. 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 You will partner with the Xbox Platform Core and Windows Core team to design a security solution to protect game assets from theft, tampering, and cheating.You will design and build solutions that enable system level emulation across the catalog of Xbox content.You will drive test standards for your component and ensure code quality is high and critical security flaws are protected against.You will work with emulator components to fully integrate security protections, improve compatibility, and future proof the experience.You will actively engage in experimental and highly complex, ambiguous technology spaces to improve the product.You will think like a customer and ensure designs support their needs while balancing the organization's goals. | |