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Date: 25 May 2009
From:Priscilla Rasmussen <rasmusse at ptd.net>
Subject:Cairo Software Job

Cairo Microsoft Innovation Center

Open Position: Senior Software Design Engineer

Are you looking for a job where you get to be the first to incubate  
and productize cutting edge technology from Microsoft Research?  Does  
addressing broad market opportunity for a region that is ripe for them  
excite you?  Are you an accomplished software developer who would like  
the opportunity to pass the skills of the craft to more junior  
developers?  If you answered yes to the above then we have the job for  
you.

The Cairo Microsoft Innovation Center is an Applied Research,  
Incubation and Development group developing services which enhance the  
creation and consumption of content in the Arab region.  The center  
specializes in Natural Language Processing (NLP), Machine Translation  
(MT), Information Retrieval, Data Mining and Multimedia Content  
Processing.  We incubate as well as fully develop such services into  
Microsoft products such as Live Search, Live Translator, Microsoft’s  
upcoming Education product offerings as well as Windows Mobile.  CMIC  
offers a startup like work environment that is dynamic, flexible and  
is one of the most remarkable places to work for in the Middle East  
and Africa (MEA) region.

Primary Responsibilities:

·        Work with team leadership, program management and test to  
deliver high quality feature work in the areas of NLP, MT and Search

·        Solve day to day and assist in solving team-wide problems in  
achieving the ideal implementation

·        Participate in feature architecture, take ownership of the  
design and drive implementation with junior developers

·        Work in accordance to Microsoft Engineering Excellence  
Guidelines and other top-notch industry standard norms

·        Lead by example in setting a benchmark for execution  
excellence, problem solving skills and meeting project deadlines

·        Evangelize team knowledge and externally represent the team  
via excellent presentation skills

Requirements:

We are looking for a strong senior developer with interest/experience  
in the areas of NLP, MT and Search.  The successful candidate should  
demonstrate excellent architecture and design aptitude and a solid  
track-record of shipping world class products.  The candidate should  
be disciplined, self-motivated, have a passion for technology, be a  
strong communicator and a team-player.  Proven track record of playing  
a significant role in major software projects is a must.



·        B.Sc. degree in computer science or computer engineering  
(M.Sc. preferred)

·        7+ years of significant product development work using C++,  
C# and/or Java

·        Demonstrable solid architecture, design and problem solving  
skills

·        Proven track record of shipping multiple software releases

·        Solid communication, presentation, influence and leadership  
skills

·        Experience in NLP, MT, Information Retrieval is a plus



Relocation is available for this role.  If interested, please send  
your resume to chahm at microsoft.com



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