I told you in a previous post that I was in Colorado.  Did you know Microsoft had a development team in Colorado?  Well, we do and we are staffing up quickly.  If you always wanted to work for Microsoft but never wanted to move to Redmond, here is your chance.

Virtual Earth is an industry pioneer in bringing a variety of map imagery to the end consumer, and we’re on the cusp of upping the competition as we step into the 3D space. The VirtualEarth 3Di team, located in beautiful Boulder, CO, is a recent acquisition and brings with it a vast array of imaging and graphics technologies. The 3Di team will play a key part in the next several Virtual Earth releases by building software that will produce all of the imagery and 3D data consumed by the VirtualEarth products – in both the 2D web site and the upcoming 3D products. We are looking for a senior IC SDE to help build the imagery computation infrastructure – from inception to production. You must have solid design and coding skills, and be well versed in creating high-end scalable extensible systems. As a seasoned SDE in core Microsoft technologies and development methodologies, you will be looked upon by your team for technical leadership. You must possess a passion for producing well-engineered, well-factored, easily-maintained code. You should be highly motivated, self driven, and able to mentor those around you.  A BS in CS, Math or a related technical space, with 5+ years of proven track record of shipping products is required. You should have strong design and coding skills and in-depth knowledge of C# and C++, and the .Net Framework. Domain expertise in 2D image processing and analysis, 3D object extraction and modeling or a personal interest/skill in dealing with abstract problem spaces would help ramp fast on the job, but is not a requirement.

The truth is, I’m just dying to get back to Boulder, and you job applicants can help me.  For anyone who is interested and qualified in the above job, email me your resume directly with the word “Colorado” in the subject line.  If we invite you for an interview, I will meet you in Boulder and (assuming the interview date coincides with some snowfall), I will personally buy you a lift ticket and drive you to the mountains to spend the next day shredding some snow with me.

Get your resume polished and your board waxed: let’s go.

-Jenna