Job Description

Microsoft is on a mission to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more and, as a part of that, the Search + Distribution group is tasked with solving challenging technical problems related to Microsoft Bing and Bing Search that directly impact 400 million+ global users on a daily basis.

As an organization, Search + Distribution encompasses all engineering, product and growth teams in Microsoft Bing and Microsoft Search in Bing, as well as multiple teams like Turing that contribute search and AI technology to Azure, Office and Windows. In addition, Microsoft Bing powers search in products of many partners including Amazon, Apple, DuckDuckGo, and Yahoo.

As we drive toward our ambitious goals, we seek a passionate and experienced member of the team to provide direct technical assistance to Jordi Ribas, Corporate Vice President of Search + Distribution. In this Technical Assistant role, you will facilitate cross group collaboration on technical initiatives both in S+D and other teams across the company, driving technical strategy, and providing technical assistance and advice to the CVP of the organization. This role also includes the exciting opportunity to manage and grow the Spartans organization for the Web Experiences (WebXT) team, which includes Microsoft Bing, Microsoft Edge, Content Services and Maps. Spartans are a flex-force of highly talented engineers with broad and deep skills that help to accelerate and incubate strategic projects across WebXT.

If this sounds like the opportunity for you, we invite you to keep reading and apply!

In this role, some of your key responsibilities will include:

* Facilitating cross group collaboration on technical initiatives both in S+D and other teams across the company
* Driving technical strategy
* Providing technical assistance and advice to the CVP of the organization
* Managing and growing the Spartans organization for the Web Experience Team (WebXT)

Required Qualifications:

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* 8+ years of software design and development experience
* 5+ years of experience managing engineering organizations
* Outstanding technical problem solving and debugging ability
* Excellent communication, organizational, people management, leadership, and interpersonal skills
* Ability and dedication to maintain confidentiality and work well with senior management
* Strong analytical and interpersonal skills are key, as this role requires one to build bridges between groups and identify the root causes of miscommunication

Additional preferred experience and qualifications includes:

* Experience developing online products including metrics-driven software development and controlled experiments
* Experience with machine learning including SOTA deep learning technology
* Ability to thrive in intense, multitasking, interrupt-driven worlds and enjoyment from building online products powered by industry leading AI technology

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

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