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Department: Windows Live Member Experience
Job Title: Test Manager
Location: Dublin, Ireland
We are looking for a test manager with a deep passion for delivering value to customers via online services. The successful candidate will be responsible for building a team and defining processes and tools to deliver version 1.0 of a centralized consumer-focused software lifecycle management solution. Responsibilities will include architecture leadership, technology selection, recruiting, managing, test development, and test process definition. Your solutions will be leveraged by millions of customers and your impact will be felt company wide.
¿ Recruit and lead a strong team of software development engineers in test (SDETs) to own the end to end quality assurance of Windows Live Now.
¿ Define the processes, documentation, tools, and software test development methodologies required to validate Windows Live Now.
¿ Work extensively with other teams across Microsoft on engineering issues, processes, tools, and standards.
¿ Be responsible for providing technical test guidance to other teams at Microsoft¿s European Development Centre.
¿ Provide leadership on several other business challenges such as recruiting top candidates, re-recruiting your top performers, growing your personnel into technical and future leadership roles, owning organization-wide initiatives to increase organizational efficiency.
Minimum Requirements:
¿ Passion for technology, customers, and managing and growing people.
¿ Strong understanding of concepts regarding operating systems, data structures, and software and services lifecycle management.
¿ 3+ years experience managing a group of software engineers in designing and implementing software including agile development methodologies.
¿ Proven track record of strong mentoring and management for personnel development.
¿ 3+ years experience in design, implementation and debugging skills using C or C++.
¿ Dedication and willingness to learn new technologies and adopting new methodologies for the improvement of our products and organizational efficacy.
¿ Experience in defining testability requirements and designing/implementing large software systems - particularly test automation frameworks.
¿ Proven track record of hiring and retaining a strong technical team.
¿ Ability and desire to collaborate with cross discipline and internationally distributed teams.
¿ Experience in shipping at least one large software product through the entire product lifecycle.
¿ Fluent English
¿ BS in CS or equivalent, MS desired.
¿ Knowledge of best practices for developing secure code.
¿ Ability to create and make effective presentations to senior management.
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Do you want to work on the leading edge technologies in a start-up and fast growing environment? This is your chance to be part of an exciting newly formed team working to expand Live Mobile Services as part of the European Development Centre located in Dublin, Ireland. As a Software Development Engineer, you will use all your technical talents and creativity to develop the next-generation Windows Live Mobile services.