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Want to build the best Japanese search engine on the planet? Want to work on the most exciting team at Microsoft? The MSN Search Team is a fast paced startup in an exciting and competitive market. The internet search service is being rebuilt from the ground up with a new engine that indexes billions of documents, spans thousands of servers, and handles millions of queries every hour of every day. All of this is focused on delivering one thing: the most relevant answers to user queries. If you want to get in on the ground floor of a new team and help set direction in this challenging field, this is the place for you!

We're looking for a talented native speaker of Japanese to help drive our efforts in building the best Japanese language search engine possible. Areas of focus include relevance analysis, ranking algorithms, indexing, word breaking, and anything else that stands between us and complete satisfaction of our Japanese customers.

This position is based in Redmond but requires close coordination with MSN Japan. Occasional travel to Japan is required.

The ideal candidate will be a native Japanese speaker, completely fluent and comfortable in English, with a deep understanding of technology and a proven track record in program management. Specific search engine expertise is not required but is a major plus. A coding background is also a plus.

If you want to build the best Japanese search engine on the planet; if you want to work on the highest scale, most profitable, and most challenging service at Microsoft; if you want to go head to head with some of the best competition this company has ever seen; if you want to make it easier for tens of millions of people to find the information they're looking for; and if you have what it takes to help build and manage a cutting edge service, then apply for this job today.

Contact

Interested candidates should submit their resume and cover letter to jepowe@microsoft.com.