Software Development Engineer C#.NET

Are you interested in the opportunity of working in a start-up culture without the risks come with working in a small business? Are you passionate about building a variety of solutions that touch on many different technologies? Are you comfortable with the challenge of advanced technology coupled with abstract architectural and implementation problems?

We're looking for an experienced, self-motivated and flexible Software Developer to help design, prototype and build new web sites, desktop video production tools, and automation processes. You will help deliver IT solutions and infrastructure in support of the team tasked with basic and applied research in computer science and software engineering for the world's leading software company.

REQUIREMENTS

General:

- 4+ years of development experience along with a college degree required
- Strong general development skills
- Strong working knowledge of C# and.NET programming at least through.NET 4.0
- Strong experience working with development tools, including Visual Studio 2010 or higher
- Experience designing and developing applications
- Strong knowledge of Windows security, including Active Directory
- Demonstrated experience developing web sites and services
- Ability to maintain forward momentum in a sometimes chaotic startup atmosphere required Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills
- Exceptional communication and collaboration skills

Presentation Tier:

- Strong knowledge of web presentation technologies, especially JavaScript, JSON, jQuery, AJAX, CSS, and HTML
- Knowledge of HTML5 and DOM
- Strong knowledge of ASP.NET
- Experience developing web applications with MVC
- Demonstrable interface design and development skills

Storage Tier:

- Strong knowledge of database design principles
- Strong knowledge of T-SQL
- Strong knowledge of ADO.NET
- Experience with Entity Framework

Business Tier:

- Strong knowledge of middle tier technologies, such as IIS, ASP.NET, RESTful design principals, WCF
- Experience troubleshooting and support business tier applications
- Experience developing Windows services

Streaming

- Strong familiarity with media encoding applications, including Expression Encoder and Windows Media Encoder
- Strong understanding of streaming media concepts, such as bitrates, codecs, etc.
- Understanding of IIS Smooth Streaming and Windows Media Server
- Experience implementing video playback in HTML5

Nice to have:

- Experience working on scalable, high-volume, and Internet-facing Web sites preferred
- Demonstrable aesthetic design and development skills
- SQL server replication and full-texting indexing expertise.
- Server management skills, especially Windows, IIS, SQL, Windows Media Server
- Experience designing a UI in Silverlight
- Desktop application development experience (WinForms or WPF)
- Windows installer expertise (InstallShield or WiX)

This contract position is expected to be 6 months in duration with a possibility of extension.