Description :
Job Title: Software Development Engineer
Job Category: Software Development
Product: Zune
Date Posted: 09/27/2008
Job Code: 245375
Location: WA - Redmond
Travel Required:
Welcome to the social. It's just started. We're the Zune team and we've just scratched the surface of what's possible. It's about music, video, podcasts and games. It's about listening to music with friends and finding new tunes. It's about taking on a giant and winning. It's about changing an industry. It's Zune and you can be a part of it.
The Zune PC software is at the hub of the Zune ecosystem allowing users to consume, acquire and manage their entertainment media on the PC, Portable Media Player, XBox, and elsewhere...;) If you're excited by the idea of delivering top class software on windows to make the Zune PC experience flawless, join the rest of us.
The PC Client Core team owns the infrastructure that drives the majority of those experiences including: podcasts, channels, recommendations, user cards, playlists, auto playlists, metadata & metadata editing, CD rip & burn, downloading, collections lists, collection search, database storage of all that state and data, the players for music & video, and a lot more. In the core team you work closely with the UI team which is designing and implementing the Zune UI and with the Sync team sending the content to the device. In this role you and are responsible for building rock-solid components that allow everything from downloading marketplace content to tracking and improving the private working set of the application.
Qualifications: A proven track record of shipping PC applications through multiple product cycles while dealing with challenges such as cross-team dependencies, rapid shipping schedules (6 month and 12 month cycle), a constantly evolving ecosystem and competitor landscape. Able to analyze diverse requirements and make recommendations as to implementation strategies and estimate development costs. The successful candidate will also be able to extend their impact by working with other team members to instill strong application and design principles. Have solid fundamental computer science skills and a passion for cutting-edge development. Proficiency in C++/Win32 is required. Experience with SQL, Managed C++, C# as well as expert knowledge of highly multithreaded environments and thread synchronization are all big pluses. A BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent, and 2-5 years of software development experience are required.