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As a Senior Software Engineer on the Minecraft Web team, you will develop high-quality, business-critical web experiences for millions of players. You will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining modern web applications and shared UI capabilities while evolving the shared web platform, component libraries, and engineering practices to improve consistency and developer productivity. The role requires collaborating with product, design, and studio stakeholders to translate customer needs into technical solutions that prioritize accessibility, performance, and maintainability. You will work extensively with React, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and Git while integrating applications with RESTful APIs and distributed architectures. This position focuses on creating cohesive, player-focused web experiences for the Minecraft brand by solving complex challenges in web application development, including debugging, scalability, and cross-browser compatibility within a multi-disciplinary team environment.
What does a Software Engineer earn?
Median $196000 from 2245 postings across 149 companies.
Deliver high-quality web experiences that meet standards for accessibility, performance, reliability, security, and maintainability.
Design, build, and maintain modern web applications using React, TypeScript, JavaScript, and modern front-end architectures.
Evolve shared web platforms, component libraries, and engineering practices to improve consistency and developer productivity.
Partner with Product, Design, and Engineering teams to shape technical solutions based on customer and business needs.
Develop cohesive, player-focused experiences that align with the Minecraft brand and values.
Use customer insights to inform specific design and implementation decisions for web products.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 4+ years of engineering experience in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
4+ years of experience building modern web applications using HTML, JavaScript, React, TypeScript, and CSS while solving complex performance and scalability challenges.
3+ years of experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs and integrating web applications with distributed or service-oriented architectures.
3+ years of experience using source control systems like Git and collaborating in modern development workflows.
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 8+ years of professional software engineering experience (preferred).
Experience delivering production-quality customer-facing web applications with a solid understanding of browser technologies, web standards, and responsive design (preferred).
Experience participating in architecture discussions and driving projects from concept through production release (preferred).
Understanding of WCAG accessibility standards and inclusive design principles (preferred).
AI
GitHub Copilot
AI-assisted development
Agentic workflows
Model evaluation
Workflow automation
Data Science
Software Development
Technical Incubation