Are you looking to tackle problems at internet scale? Do you find yourself using searching the internet and being frustrated that you cannot find the right results? Are you interested in international markets and do you have a passion for presenting a great global experience to our customers? Are you looking for a start-up like work environment, but appreciate the backing of an established organization? Do you relish prospect of being part of one of the fastest paced technology spaces on the internet? Then you have found the right team!
The mission of Microsoft’s Search Technology Centre (STC) in Europe is to extend the reach of core search features and designing new Search features to the European Market. Working with the team in Redmond to understand the search roadmap, working with search leads in Europe to bring those core search features to life, understanding the needs of the European market and developing compelling new features that will drive the search business are the main focus for the team in London.
The London’s test team mission is to provide an effective software test service to give product feedback, highlight product risks and provide product confidence to our stakeholders. In addition, the test team helps co-ordinate the products deployment to production and establishing live site availability and performance measurements.
We are seeking the best and brightest engineering talent to join our domain relevance team in London where your creativity, passion, and expertise will have a huge impact in taking our product to the next level. At the STC London, you will have the opportunity to work closely with world class developers around the globe.
Role & Responsibilities
This Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) position will be based in our London office. This role will partner closely with the engineering teams in London and Redmond. If you have a passion for collaborating with talented individuals, for efficient and pragmatic test engineering, for excelling in a small, dynamic, team-oriented environment, and for shipping production-quality services that compete directly with offerings from Yahoo, Google, and others, then you will be interested in us.
The position will report to the Test Manager in London and is a rare opportunity to combine International experience, a front line seat in our battle for Web Search in Europe and help define a new group’s charter, culture and roadmap.
Qualifications
Success in this position requires a broad set of experiences and skills, including excellence in core engineering and test expertise across a variety of test disciplines such as test design, test automation and performance testing. A passion for product quality and software testing is a must.
You should have proven technical abilities and a strong grasp of software engineering principles, exceptional problem solving skills and experience shipping products or complex product features from the ground-up. You should be self-motivated, proactive, and possess the demonstrated ability to come up-to-speed quickly in a new technical domain.
Additionally, the following are required:
-- Ability to gain a deep understanding of search technology and architecture, the customers and the market thus enabling you to quickly make well-balanced test engineering decisions and product quality evaluations.
-- Demonstrated experience delivering results through collaboration across disciplines, feature teams, and partners.
-- Strong test design skills to take abstract functionality and baseline and measure their improvements.
-- Exceptional test aptitude and expertise in formal and informal testing techniques as well as quality measurement techniques. Strong analytical skills and confident data-driven decision making skills are critical.
-- Success will require leveraging existing tools and metrics while also improving and innovating on our tools and processes to increase product quality and engineering efficiency at a rapid pace.
-- Excellent communication and influencing skills with an ability to cut through ambiguity.
-- Strong design, coding and debugging skills in C++, C# or Java.
-- Knowledge of statistics or a numerical background is highly desirable
-- Previous team lead experience is highly desirable
-- BS/MS in computer science or a related discipline is strongly preferred.
Excellent interpersonal communication skills, written communication skills and the ability to work well in a team environment are critical. Knowledge and experience in Internet search/services is a plus. Fluency in at least one European language is highly desirable. Experience of working as part of a geographically distributed team would also be beneficial.
This position is located in the STC Europe Paris office and requires some travel within Europe and to Redmond, USA.
This description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this position. The actual duties, responsibilities, and qualifications may vary based on assignment.
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