Description :
Job Title: Software Development Engineer in Test
Job Category: Software Development
Product: (Not Product Specific)
Date Posted: 07/08/2008
Job Code: 236317
Location: WA - Redmond
Travel Required:
Are you looking for the opportunity to apply your passion for gaming and/or entertainment to you daily work? Are you looking to make a major impact on the way people use and view their computers as entertainment devices? Do you want to make Windows into an even better gaming platform? Do you have what it takes to ensure a high quality experience while simultaneously moving an entire industry forward?
Come help us deliver the technologies and experiences that will revolutionize how people game on their PCs. Come join the team that combines the best of Windows with the best of Entertainment & Devices to provide a unique opportunity to make a real difference in how Windows is perceived and used by consumers. Gaming on the Windows platform is a huge opportunity: each year over 14 million people play on MSN Games, over 60 million people play on Windows Live Messenger, DFC estimates more than 260 million people play games online on Windows, and countless millions more play Solitaire and Minesweeper and other in-box Windows OS games.
The WGX Windows Platform Development is an agile development team focused on making games a first class citizen on the Windows OS platform. Tasked with defining and implementing the Windows Gaming Platform efforts for Windows now and the future, this team is staffed to plan and develop specific platform enhancements for gaming on Windows. In addition this team coordinates and works in close cooperation with Windows and Xbox gaming development efforts taking place across other groups in the Interactive Entertainment & Devices (IEB) division.
WGX is delivering the next great Windows Client gaming features, including updates to the popular Games Explorer, improvements to the inbox games, and other features to delight hard core and casual gamers alike. Own a critical part of Microsoft's overall entertainment strategy and develop strong partnerships with industry leading technology, service, and development groups.
And we need strong Software Design Engineers in Test who are passionate about this problem space to make it happen.
A successful candidate must be:
Great team player
Customer focused
Deeply technical and a strong coder (C++ required/C# preferred)
- Experienced testing complex systems
- Delivered products through full ship cycles
UI automation and Windows test development experience preferred
BA/BS in a technical discipline
