Principal Software Engineering Lead

Halo Studios is building the future of the blockbuster Halo series of video games with Unreal Engine. As part of Xbox Game Studios, the Halo franchise encompasses games, novels, comics, licensed collectibles, apparel, and more with a shared vision of heroism, mystery, and wonder. With multiple projects in development, join our team as we forge the next generation of games and experiences in our award-winning sci-fi universe. 

Halo Studios is looking for our next Principal Software Engineering Lead to lead the engineering team working on a new project in Unreal Engine 5.  By working with key leaders across multiple disciplines within Halo Studios, you will lead the engineering team building our next title.  As an experienced game developer and leader, you're comfortable managing a large engineering team working on a AAA video game, making difficult technical tradeoffs and technology choices, all while managing the health of your team to ensure the success of the project.  Roles at our studio are flexible, and you can work from home up to two days a week in this role. 

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

• Lead the engineering team for an Unreal Engine 5 based AAA, multi-platform, multiplayer shooter. 
• Manage a diverse range of talented engineers, spanning various career stages including managers and individual contributors. 

• Attract and retain great talent; know each individual’s capabilities & aspirations and invest in the growth of others. 

• Help the team adapt and learn; model resourcefulness and initiative to meet product objectives. 

• Identify opportunities & evaluate effectiveness working with multiple external co-development engineering teams. 

• Collaborate amongst a cross-functional leadership team to deliver engineering solutions that match project goals & timelines. 

• Drive technical excellence across the team, making technology choices that scale to millions of players across a variety of hardware endpoints. 

• Develop engineering systems & culture centered around continuous feature delivery, demonstrating progress in build and quickly addressing customer needs. 

• Identify & direct engineering investments necessary for continuous measurement against product quality goals. 

Qualifications

Required qualifications: 

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python

  • OR equivalent experience.

• 6+ years experience developing with 4+ years experience m