In den letzten Monaten hat Microsoft ordentlich an den Treibern und Betriebssystemen der Xbox One geschraubt und die Konsole deutlich Leistungsfähiger gemacht. Doch man ist noch immer nicht am Ende, denn am Horizont entwickelt man schon an neuen Techniken um die Hardware noch besser auszureizen.
Aus einer Stellenanzeige geht nun hervor, dass man einen „Principal Software Engineer“ sucht, der dabei hilft noch mehr Leistung aus der Konsole zu quetschen. Aktuell soll ein elite Team an „low Level Features“ arbeiten.
[quote] We are an elite team working on low level features to make the Xbox One an even more capable and appealing game console. We have a culture of collaboration and lean process with a straightforward and laid back style. We especially value transparency, competency and self-direction. We work in assembly as well as native and managed languages, in any and all layers of the platform. We eagerly work on some of the most difficult technical challenges in gaming, and love what we do.
We are looking for a highly motivated developer to build, debug, and optimize features for a specialized X64 code generator. The project you will contribute to will move the needle for the Xbox business in a big way. Intellectual horsepower is crucial for this role.
Technically challenging projects with healthy and high-caliber teams don’t come along often – don’t miss this rewarding opportunity to contribute and learn like never before!
Candidate Responsibilities:
• Coding, debugging, optimizing
• Learning really interesting technologies
Candidate Requirements:
• 7+ years professional coding in C++
• Experience writing and/or debugging assembly code
• Passion for CPU internals and finely tuned, highly optimized code
• Passion for low-level system development
• BS degree or equivalent experience
Highly valued:
• Experience with implementation of compiler back-end optimizations
• Experience with game development technologies
• Experience with operating system internals
• Passion for gaming
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Was genau am Ende dabei herauskommt kann man noch nicht sagen. Aber man hat wohl schon dutzende weitere Ideen um die Xbox One noch besser zu machen.