Senior Software Engineering Lead – Minecraft Build Team

1 Month ago • 4-7 Years • Full Stack Development • $117,200 PA - $229,200 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

This Senior Software Engineering Lead role focuses on Minecraft's build infrastructure and pipelines across 15+ platforms. Responsibilities include ensuring codebase security, optimizing development setups for hundreds of developers, and improving CI/CD pipelines. The role requires expertise in build systems, DevOps practices, and cloud services (Azure DevOps, GitHub, Azure). The successful candidate will lead a team, collaborate with product management, and drive improvements in the build system, while maintaining high code quality through documentation and metrics. The position demands strong technical skills, communication abilities, and a passion for telemetry and data-driven decisions.
Must have:
  • Lead engineering teams
  • Build system expertise (MSProj, CMake, etc.)
  • DevOps best practices
  • Cloud service experience (Azure)
  • High-quality code & documentation
Good to have:
  • Agile experience
  • Project management software expertise (Jira, Azure DevOps)
  • Troubleshooting and debugging skills

Job Details

Overview

At Mojang Studios, the creators of Minecraft, we are on a mission to build a better world through the power of play.  

 

Why play? Well, play is at the heart of everything we do. It’s the blocky backbone of our games, the core of our development philosophy, and even the origin of our name. From the relentless experimentation of our endlessly inspiring community to the classrooms where Minecraft has become an essential teaching tool, play is the bedrock of our existence. 

 

We enable millions to create and play together, connect people across the globe, and foster a community that is among the most active and passionate in the world. Our community is global and incredibly diverse. When we are developing anything within our franchise, we keep this in mind. We want everyone to not only feel included in Minecraft, but also to see themselves in what we make. Our goal is for the Mojang Studios team to be as diverse as our community. 

 

This team creates and supports the core build infrastructure and pipelines spanning 15+ platforms and is responsible for protecting the security of the codebase, the end-to-end signing of production binaries as well as optimizing development setup for hundreds of developers both on-site and remote.  As Minecraft is played on consoles, desktops, and mobile, our code base is multi-faceted and leverages cloud services such as Azure DevOps, GitHub, and many cloud-based Azure resources.   

 

You are passionate about end-to-end build infrastructure, DevOps best practices, and internal developer productivity – from build systems to CI/CD pipelines, to caching tools – that are fast, reliable, maintainable and enjoyable. You thrive on providing great customer service and creating a supportive environment for the internal Mojang development teams. You love using your technical background to bring clarity and understanding to complex projects, and can effectively communicate the work, timelines, and risks to any audience. Your passion for telemetry and data-driven decision-making helps raise the quality of the product and improve internal developer satisfaction.  

 

As a Senior Software Engineering Lead you are constantly looking to evolve our vision, service quality and roadmap, processes, documentation, and communication. Your technical acumen and attention to detail enables you to identify risks, drive development with predictability, and challenge how we work to continuously improve. Relationships and teamwork are important to how you inspire and lead teams to deliver their best work. 

 

Your role will be to collaborate across the organization, understand dependencies and communicate requirements, and work with Product Management to deliver regular improvements in the build system. The ability to track multiple release activities simultaneously will be key. 

 

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.

 


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! 

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:  

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
    • OR equivalent experience.
  • 3+ years of people management experience, specializing in build systems.

 

Preferred Qualifications: 

  • Bachelor's Degree AND 7+ years of experience in product/service/project/program management or software development OR equivalent experience. 
  • Experience working in Build systems (MSProj, Cmake, Nmake, Gradle, YAML, etc.) 
  • Experience working with both engineering and support teams in Agile based software delivery practices.  
  • Experience running teams using both Office Suite as well as project management software (Jira, Azure DevOps, TeamCity, GitHub, Hansoft, Asana etc.).  
  • Troubleshooting, debugging skills, and communication skills. 

 

Software Engineering M4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $117,200 - $229,200 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 $153,600 - $250,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until April 25, 2025.

 

 

#mojangjobs

#gamingjobs 

Responsibilities

  • Lead a team of experienced full-time and contract software developers and manage sprint-based execution. 
  • Model best-practices of software engineering to your team, coach them in a growth mindset and their own career development, and care about their well-being and aspirations.  
  • Be a reliable expert in the development of game build improvements for the rest of your team, contributing to architecture and implementation as necessary.  
  • Collaborate with product management to develop objectives and key results; planning feature-work and bugs according to the team's capacity and Studio priorities.  
  • Drive for high-quality code through technical documentation, change reviews, and operational metrics 
  • Embody our  &  

Similar Jobs

GoFundMe - Software Engineer (Backend)

GoFundMe

Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina (On-Site)
1 Month ago
undefined - Tech Art Lead

London, England, United Kingdom (On-Site)
2 Months ago
Lionbridge Games - Data Engineer I

Lionbridge Games

Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico (On-Site)
3 Months ago
ION - Lead Software Engineer, Italy

ION

Rome, Lazio, Italy (On-Site)
7 Months ago
Fairmatic - Senior Software Engineer - Backend - Platform

Fairmatic

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (Hybrid)
7 Months ago
Google - Software Engineer III, YouTube OTT Media Platform

Google

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Nagarro - Principal Engineer, Java

Nagarro

India (Remote)
7 Months ago
Luxoft - Software Engineer (Node.js)

Luxoft

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (On-Site)
6 Months ago
Google - Software Developer III, Google Cloud Platforms

Google

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Nagarro - Staff Engineer, .Net Fullstack

Nagarro

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (On-Site)
7 Months ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Similar Skill Jobs

Tide - Lead Data Engineer(Snowflake/DBT)

Tide

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (Hybrid)
1 Month ago
T systems - System Engineer - Java

T systems

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Alegrium - Full Stack Developer

Alegrium

South Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia (On-Site)
8 Months ago
egnyte careers - Senior Build Engineer

egnyte careers

Poznań, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland (On-Site)
3 Months ago
ASSIST Software - Unity Developer

ASSIST Software

Suceava, Suceava County, Romania (Remote)
6 Months ago
NOVOMATIC - Technical Writer

NOVOMATIC

Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland (Hybrid)
1 Month ago
London stock Exchange - Lead Software Developer, React

London stock Exchange

(Remote)
1 Month ago
Ness - Senior Java Full-stack Engineer

Ness

London, England, United Kingdom (Hybrid)
3 Months ago
Minecast - Senior Software Engineer - ID Platform

Minecast

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (Hybrid)
1 Month ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Jobs in Redmond, Washington, United States

GameJobs - AI Designer

GameJobs

Cary, North Carolina, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
WebFX - Jr. Digital Marketing Account Executive

WebFX

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States (On-Site)
7 Months ago
Zoox - Machine Learning Engineer - Collision Avoidance System

Zoox

Foster City, California, United States (Hybrid)
7 Months ago
Epoch Games - Unreal Engine Level Designer

Epoch Games

North Carolina, United States (Remote)
2 Months ago
Tag - Content Producer

Tag

Chicago, Illinois, United States (Hybrid)
1 Month ago
Scale AI - Software Engineer, GenAI Operator Group

Scale AI

San Francisco, California, United States (Hybrid)
1 Month ago
Light Speed Studios - Technical Artist

Light Speed Studios

California, United States (On-Site)
3 Months ago
Fluence - Sr. Manager, Certification and Compliance

Fluence

Houston, Texas, United States (Hybrid)
1 Month ago
ByteDance - Senior Software Engineer - IaaS AI Infra

ByteDance

Seattle, Washington, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Microsoft - Member of Technical Staff - Growth Web Engineer

Microsoft

Mountain View, California, United States (Hybrid)
2 Months ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Full Stack Development Jobs

PwC - Senior Associate_Full Stack Developer_Data & Analytics_Advisory_PAN  India

PwC

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (On-Site)
8 Months ago
Easygo - Software Development Engineer (Frontend)

Easygo

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (On-Site)
2 Months ago
Nagarro - Senior Engineer

Nagarro

Sri Lanka (Remote)
7 Months ago
Google - Software Engineer II, Chrome Browser

Google

Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland (On-Site)
1 Month ago
bosh group india - Solution Architect

bosh group india

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (On-Site)
5 Months ago
Google - Staff Software Engineer, Google Cloud Storage

Google

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Tesla - Software Engineering Internship

Tesla

Athens, Greece (On-Site)
3 Months ago
Google - Software Engineer III, Full Stack, Google Cloud Unified Fulfillment Optimization

Google

Boulder, Colorado, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
ION - Senior Java Developer - Italy

ION

Collecchio, Emilia-Romagna, Italy (On-Site)
7 Months ago
Nagarro - Staff Engineer

Nagarro

Cebu City, Central Visayas, Philippines (Remote)
7 Months ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

About The Company

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (On-Site)

Mountain View, California, United States (Hybrid)

Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China (On-Site)

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India (On-Site)

Redmond, Washington, United States (On-Site)

Paris, Île-de-France, France (On-Site)

View All Jobs

Get notified when new jobs are added by Microsoft

Level Up Your Career in Game Development!

Transform Your Passion into Profession with Our Comprehensive Courses for Aspiring Game Developers.

Job Common Plug