Entries tagged 'hiring'

  • A day in the life of Kinect for Windows

    Posted Wednesday, June 08 2011 by the JobsBloggers

    MicrospottingThe entrance to K4W officesThere’s no disputing that Microsoft is a big company. But along with that big company status comes an incredible dedication and investment in research and development, which in turn leads to innovative technology breakthroughs. Case in point: Kinect for Xbox 360. The fastest selling consumer electronic device ever. 

    But what’s next for Kinect? And who at Microsoft is tasked with taking it to the next level? Well, you are in luck. We asked the K4W (that’s “Kinect for Windows” for those not in the know) team to photo-document a day in their life. Follow along as we discover what it’s like to work on a small startup team, what they create and, of course, the ever burning question – are they hiring?

    Studio D is the home of the newly formed K4W team. Their task? Build on the success of Kinect for Xbox 360 by creating a commercial SDK for Windows developers to harness the awesomeness of this technology to develop next generation natural user interfaces and Kinect powered controls for Windows. Whew – that was a mouthful! 

    Now let’s open the door and find out more about the team.

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  • Microsoft software development opportunities around the world

    Posted Friday, October 22 2010 by Anne Cheng

    AnneI've got good news for International job seekers interested in Microsoft software development opportunities, but not ready to relocate Stateside:  we have jobs in the places you live.
     
    This is the first in a series to showcase some of our global development centers and development teams. They are working on a wide variety of different technology and products with the team sizes range from big to small. The one thing that they all have in common is that they have huge impact on products that are used around the world.
     
    So keep an eye on JobsBlog for my posts over the next months as we go around the world  - meeting the people who build the software we use.

    For a listing of all of our development opportunities – visit the below links.  There may not be openings right now in all of these locations, but join the Talent Network and get notified as opportunities become available within your location and technology interests.

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