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MSN reaches nearly half a billion people across the globe where we is the #1 portal in. The combination of the up-to-the-minute News, Sports, entertainment, and Video content with social features and Integratio N with Windows 8 is a unique offering for our users. In addition, the MSN team powers content experiences across other Microsoft properties including many of the Microsoft app Lications on Windows 8.
Come lead the evolution of MSN's experimentation methodology for the We most monetized properties! "Successful evolution is driven by successful experimentation."
MSN experiments all the time, on features, social, visual, interactive and many aspects of our sites. The impact of each experiment in our KPIs ' s determines whether the feature continues to production, gets redesigned, or DRO pped. This is the cutting edge of MSN evolution.
We need an experienced Dev Leader to both contribute and support dramatic, rapid changes as well as ensure a high quality Bar. This means crafting the next iteration of our experimentation strategy, as-well as striving to improve the the-we approach Experiments to take them in much faster while being even more efficient than we is now (automation, frameworks).
This was a unique opportunity that would require you to work across we online properties in our online Services division (O Sd:bing, MSN, Ads) to deliver rich, exciting end-user features the help increase user engagement with MSN homepages worl Dwide.
"No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; A single experiment can prove me wrong. "–albert Einstein
Roles & Responsibilities:
You'll partner with your Test and PM counterparts to create and implement the next generation of MSN's experiments to ID Entify the service and feature variants that would yield positive change in our KPIs ' s (User Engagement, Click Through rate, Pages Per Session, etc ...). A great opportunity to create great methodology and write great code, ensuring this Bing a/b-based framework produces qual ity data and experiences.
This is a Dev leads role in a talented, collaborative team. The team is small and fast. Your Test and PM counterparts and their teams is extremely capable, focused and hardworking and the end user ' s best Interests in mind. You'll work on a worldwide team, delivering features to over the, working closely with Media and editorial teams. You'll also manage a small number of offshore vendors.
We ' re located in the Downtown Bellevue Lincoln Square Campus, a great facility with an Imax movie theater, bowling alley, Arcade, comedy club, bars and restaurants right in the same building.
Skills & Qualifications:
We is looking for a Senior Dev leads that can deal effectively with ambiguity and a fast-paced environment. The role would require sharp strategic thinking and wide cross-group collaboration.
Experience Required:
? Bs/ms in computer science or equivalent degree
? Multiple ship cycles of a Web property, 5 years of experience in software development, solid software engineering skills.
? Expert knowledge of. NET or equivalent (e.g. Java), MVC, C #.
? Expert knowledge of AJAX, JavaScript, and other web Ui/web service development.
? Offshore Vendor Team management successful experience desired and a plus.
? Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) and proven ability to work effectively independently and teams.
Microsoft is a Equal opportunity Employer (EOE) and strongly supports diversity in the work place.
If you want to try this position, please contact me, I am an employee of Microsoft, can do internal recommendation. Send your resume in Chinese and English to my e-mail: Nicholas.lu.mail (at) gmail.com
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