Calling all student developers and designers in the Boston area:

Microsoft is thrilled to launch a new student summer experience called The Foundry.  At the Foundry, student developers and designers will spend twelve weeks this summer buildingapps for Microsoft’s exciting new operating system – Windows 8.  Located at Microsoft’s New England Research & Development Center, Foundry students will work together on small teams to Learn, Collaborate, Build, & Launch Windows 8 apps.  Student teams will have access to great technical training, coaches and mentors from across Microsoft, and some of the coolest hardware and technology around.

Microsoft is specifically looking to hire

Foundry Developers and Foundry Designers

(complete job descriptions below).

Join us for an Information Session on May 2, 6PM – 8PM at Microsoft New England Research & Development Center, One Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA.

For additional information about the Foundry, please visithttp://nerdfoundry.eventbrite.com/.

Foundry Developer @ NERD:

Spend your summer building apps for the most compelling and exciting new operating system – Windows 8.  Windows 8 will be Microsoft’s largest platform release ever, and this is a unique opportunity to gain practical hands-on development experience before product release.   The Microsoft Foundry, located at Microsoft’s New England R&D Center in Cambridge, will be your work-home for the summer, working on a small team with other students to build amazing applications for Windows 8. 

You and your team will be responsible for taking a basic spec and running with it.  You will define features and functionality, making decisions about features and implementation, and using your mastery of technical tools to make a product vision a reality. If you like to write code and design efficient data structures and algorithms to develop engaging and exciting applications, then this is the position for you. 

As a Foundry Developer, you’ll bring products to life by working with a small team of other developers and designers, with backup from a team of experienced technical coaches and mentors.  Your team will go from concept to delivery, and will be responsible for all aspects of the product design and implementation, and will also have the opportunity to pitch your application to business and technical leaders.