Lead Software Test Engineer

Job Description: The Relationship Experience Division (RXD) is building a new set of data + process centric web services to integrate, unify, and simplify access to core Microsoft business objects such as product, license, account, organization, etc, and to provide relationship information between these business objects to provide a 360 degree view of Microsoft’s customers and partners. These services will be used by live Microsoft public portals to enable Microsoft's software + services initiatives. The Customer Velocity Platform team is responsible for building systems that connect our customers to data and applications that have historically been accessible only within the corporate network. These systems include massive large scale databases that house customer and partner data, business intelligence capture and analysis capabilities used to highly personalize interactions, and inference capabilities that predict future needs as well as connections to the many Microsoft internal business applications that support product development, marketing, sales, service, and support. We are building a highly technical SOA-centric product unit to build and deliver these services, and we're seeking highly technical, experienced individuals to lead our S+S fast-paced efforts. If you are excited by about designing and delivering distributed, enterprise-scale and mission critical software services, this is the team for you. CVP is seeking a highly motivated Lead SDET with infectious enthusiasm and a passion to drive the performance, scale and reliability of the CVP platform. Challenges for this position include designing and implementing a solid automated test infrastructure for running performance and stress tests, debugging and isolating all types of synchronization, timing issues as well as isolating bottlenecks and working with development to resolve these issues and working with partners and customers to define the performance and scale. In this position, you’ll work together with the Dev and PM Lead to define strategy and implementation through multiple sprints. You’ll build, lead and grow a strong team of SDETs, including senior contributors. Your responsibilities will include: ·  Recruiting and managing a high performing team·  Working directly with platform customers to define performance requirements and scenarios·  Reviewing designs and specifications for performance, scalability and testability·  Creating and implementing a solid test framework and perf/stress test strategies·  Reporting performance results for executive review Job Requirements: The qualified candidate will have QA experience with all stages of the product cycle. Skills required include:·  Proficiency in C# and .Net Framework·  Hands on experience with visual web development using .Net 3.0 WCF and SOA is a plus·  Familiarity with BizTalk and/or SQL server a plus ·  A minimum of 5 years of professional software testing experience and BA/BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent is preferred ·  Good communication, people management skills and ability to work closely in a team environment are a must Microsoft offers an excellent benefits package to full-time employees including medical, dental, vacation, employee stock purchase plan, and 401k, plus some great extras including: our 24-hour nurse line, stay fit program, product discounts, and paid infant care leave. All part of our commitment to our most important asset: our employees. For more information about life at Microsoft, please visit our careers website. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) and strongly supports diversity in the workforce. ;