Job Opportunities on ASP.NET and Visual Studio Web Development Tools Team
I've seen a few other blog entries advertising job openings, and decided to add to the list.
We currently have openings for PM, Dev and Test positions on the ASP.NET and Visual Studio Web Development Tools team. If you are interested in applying, please send a resume to webjobs@microsoft.com (this is our private job alias).
Below are a few of the position descriptions (note all of the positions are in Redmond, Washington):
Program Manager
Yearning to show
your creativity on a strategic new product? The ASP.NET team
is looking for an experienced and technical program manager
to help define the next generation development tool for
building ASP.NET applications. Our charter is to build the
technology within Visual Studio targeted specifically at web
developers.
The responsibilities for this job include designing and owning the web development features within the Visual Studio .NET line of products, and seeing them through to completion. A qualified candidate should have the necessary skills to coordinate with development, testing, user education and the rest of the PM team to ensure successful delivery of their features to market. Candidates should also have experience creating development tools and a knack for user interface design. Strong customer focus, great communication and presentation skills, cross-team coordination, and a technical understanding of web development are also highly desirable qualities for the job. A BA/BS in Computer Science or a related technical field is strongly preferred.
Program Manager
ASP.NET is
looking for a technical PM to drive key features of the
product. This position will focus on owning existing and
designing new server controls. Our Whidbey release is taking
server controls to a whole new level of scenario based
functionality and we want to continue to push the envelop of
what our server controls can do.
Join a
customer-oriented PM team dedicated to building the best,
web development platform and tools in the market. The
ASP.Net team owns the runtime and design-time experience for
developers building on Microsoft’s web development platform.
This position is primarily responsible for owning key
features from initial design through development and test to
completion. Responsibilities also include working with the
usability, design and user education teams to ensure the
best possible overall experience for web developers. You’ll
work with both internal and external early adopters to
gather requirements, drive adoption, and incorporate feature
requests back into the product. You will also participate in
community activities ranging from presenting at conference
and software design previews, to building samples and
answering online questions from customers. Good
communication skills and the ability to work effectively in
cross-organization situations are critical to the success of
this position. Experience with web development technology is
strongly desirable. Previous Program Management feature
experience and a BA/BS in Computer Science or a related
technical field is preferred.
Lead Software Design Engineer in Test
Are you passionate about building great software? Are you
interested in helping to build and drive Microsoft’s web
application server platform and web development tool? Do you
enjoy leading and developing the careers of a team of
technical testers?
The ASP.Net Team is looking
for highly motivated exceptional test leads skilled in
managing a team responsible for creating applications and
tools to ensure the highest quality in products. Primary
responsibilities include managing a team of testers
responsible for developing, implementing and executing
automated test suites across multiple platforms utilizing
the .Net Framework. Additional responsibilities include peer
development, resource management, schedule coordination,
providing feedback on product design, establishing quality
criteria and working with other test and development teams.
Qualifications should include a minimum of 5 years software
testing experience with at least 2 years of management
experience. Skills required include developing test
applications, architecting and using automation
tools/frameworks, knowledge of and experience with C/C++/C#,
Java, and/or Visual Basic. Either a minimum of a BA/BS
degree in Computer Science/Engineering or 5 years
demonstrated programming experience is preferred.
Primary responsibilities include designing, implementing, and debugging automated and manual test cases for the next generation Web Application Framework. Additional responsibilities include, but are not limited to evolving tests to run in a new managed code automation framework, writing tools to improve testing efficiency, analyzing test runs, verifying bug fixes, providing feedback in the product design and specification process, along with using the product to develop customer-empathetic test scenarios and real world applications. BA/BS degree in Computer Science required.
Software Design Engineer
Are you passionate about building great software? The ASP.NET team is building the next generation web development platform and tool. We are looking for highly motivated exceptional developers for our development tool. Successful candidates must have very strong technical and communications skills, proven ability to work across teams designing and implementing features, as well as the ability to work independently. Technical requirements include at least 3 years of development experience, good working knowledge of both managed and unmanaged code (C# and C++) as well as familiarity with COM/COM+ programming. Experience with ASP, ASP.NET, HTML is a plus. BA/BS degree in Computer Science required.