March 2006 - Posts

Software Design Engineer in Test (SDET) Opening in Microsoft.com Community Technologies

Are you intrigued by the world of open source development? Are you interested in enabling shared source development at Microsoft? We are building the premier collaborative software development platform for the .NET developer community and need an experienced Software Design Engineer in Test (SDET) to help architect, design test and deliver a new suite of on-line services to support community collaborative development activities for GotDotNet, including an all-new version of Workspaces. This is a unique opportunity to re-shape the way that Microsoft interacts with the developer community.

The individual will work with program management and development team to scope out features and understand the customer requirements, and work side-by-side with vendor resources to ensure the quality of the application. The candidate should have a demonstrated track record of delivering test automation, quality requirements, deliverables that exceed commitments. The candidate should also be comfortable presenting technical material to internal and external audiences.

Candidate would be responsible for writing and executing test plans and cases, designing and developing test tools, debugging and reporting code bugs and pushing quality upstream. Qualifications for this position include a minimum of 3-7 years of commercial software development and testing experience. In addition, demonstrated technical leadership, strong problem solving skills, and prior experience tester is required. Expertise in the following areas is highly desirable: ASP.NET, SQL, C#, and Test-Driven Development. Experience developing web-based applications, object-oriented design, and strong communication skills are required. The ideal candidate will have a BS or MS in Computer Science.

How do I get this job?
Reply to Vikas Ahuja (remove .online. from e-mail address) with a resume and he’ll get things started

More info about Communities test team and SDET role
http://spaces.msn.com/vikasahuja/blog/cns!1532F7259C5CFAF8!491.entry

Tags: Jobs | Microsoft | SDET

Mix06: Day One - BillG Keynote

I have added notes from Mixo6 Day one, BillG's keynote to my MSDN blog.

http://blogs.msdn.com/dseven/archive/2006/03/20/Mix06_Day1_BillG.aspx

Test Driven Development with Visual Studio Team System

On Monday, February 27th I gave a presentation at the DotNetUsers.org User Group meeting in Redmond, WA. The slides and demo code are here.

The demo in the session was taken from Test Driven Development with Microsoft .NET (MSPress), by my co-worker, Jim Newkirk (and Alexei Vorontsov).

Here is the session abstract:
In this session you will learn how to use the unit testing features built in to Microsoft Visual Studio Team System. You will learn how to set up a project for unit testing, write a variety of unit tests, and see how they help ensure code quality for developers. This session will be presented in C#.

I will be presenting this again on March 18th at the Boise CodeCamp.