MDCS: Software Design Engineer/Software Design Engineer in Test - 5 -12 positions

Microsoft Development Center Serbia in Belgrade is growing its team. We will be hiring engineers for several of our product lines (SQL Server, Entertainment and Devices and Educational Product Group). Our teams contribute components to some of Microsoft’s premiere and most innovative products.

We operate as a start-up within a large company. The work environment is friendly and dynamic. Team members are some of the most talented engineers from the region. We are looking for folks with solid industry experience as well as fresh college graduates. The common trait among all of our team members is hunger to achieve and to make substantial impact. If you have initiative, passion and technical skills we have a place for you at MDCS.

You will have an opportunity to collaborate with engineers from various development centers around the world (Redmond, Israel, India, Ireland and China). We frequently work with engineers considered to be industry experts in their respective fields. All of our projects have research dimension, therefore we collaborate with Microsoft researchers from Redmond, Cambridge and Asia.

Many of our engineers have patent awards and present techniques at professional conferences. As part of the training, you will have an opportunity to spend time with your parent team in Seattle area.

Our project areas vary. We develop components in the following domains: computational algebra engines, pattern recognition, object classification, computational geometry and core database systems. The common theme uniting all of the efforts within the development center is applied mathematics.

Required qualifications include:

• At least a B.Sc. in CS or equivalent university degree (e.g. Electrical Engineering, Math, Physics or etc).
• Algorithmic background and rock-solid problem solving skills
• Solid coding skills in either C, C++, Java or C# and overall software engineering skills
• Passion for quality, performance and reliability
• English proficiency at the reading and simple writing level (email etc).
• Excellent teamwork and communication skills

Practical experience in applied mathematics, systems, databases or graphics is a plus, but not a requirement. Graduate work in databases, systems, or applied mathematics is also a plus. Some of our best hires are folks with international experience who had desire to work in Belgrade, Serbia.

Application:

If you believe you meet the requirements please submit your up to date CV and the cover letter stating how you heard about the job and explaining why you believe that you are a match and send them as two attachments to mdcsjobs@microsoft.com

To be considered for the first interview wave please submit your CV and cover letter no later than Friday, April 2, 2010. In case your application is late you will be considered for a subsequent interview wave.