New 
Senior Graphics Software Engineer
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Washington, Redmond | |
 Oct 20, 2025 | |
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OverviewOn Team Xbox, we aspire to empower the world's 3 billion gamers to play the games they want, with the people they want, anywhere they want. Gaming, the largest and fastest growing category in media & entertainment, represents an important growth opportunity for Microsoft. We are leading with innovation, as highlighted by bringing the Game Pass subscription to PC, bringing Xbox to new devices with Cloud Gaming, and our recent acquisition of Activision Blizzard King creating exciting new possibilities for players. The Xbox Advanced Technology Group (ATG) is a specialized engineering team within Microsoft's Gaming division and our goal is to help empower game developers to realize their dreams on Microsoft gaming platforms. Our team strives to understand the technological challenges, motivations, and goals of game developers, and works across our platform and the industry to create solutions, enhance and advance game technology, and improve the developer experience.The ATG Graphics team is looking for a collaborative Senior Graphics Software Engineer who is passionate about graphics, gaming technology, performance and enhancing the experience for game developers. As a member of this team, you'll have the opportunity to collaborate with both game developers and Microsoft platform teams to help guarantee that games are visually impressive while also performing well. The candidate should have deep understanding of code performance and have technical expertise in real-time rendering techniques and graphics performance optimizations. This engineer values teamwork with diverse developers from all corners of the gaming world and is dedicated to ongoing learning, innovation, and advancing the industry. 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.
ResponsibilitiesWork in partnership with game developers and Microsoft platform teams across various disciplines to solve technical problemsConduct graphics performance analysis and provide optimization guidance Explore the latest graphics innovations and share recommendations with game developersCollaborate across teams to drive change on behalf of developer needsResearch and incubate innovative ideas to advance the Microsoft gaming environment | |