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Microsoft WebXT Team Hosts Successful Diversity Recruiting Event with HBCU Connect! (11939 hits)

Wednesday, November 17th, Microsoft and HBCU Connect partnered together to host a virtual recruiting event for their WebXT team. WebXT’s mission with Microsoft is to make the web work for you – meaning users, businesses, and partners. WebXT is responsible for all of Microsoft search engines and more, including Edge and Bing.

At the virtual event, attendees heard from contributors on the team, including:
• Manish Mittal – Corporate Vice President, Shopping and Commerce
• Javier Flores Assad – Partner Software Engineer, Microsoft Edge Browser
• Elbio Renato Torres Abib – Vice President of Search
• Padma Priya Gaggara – General Manager, Web Data Platform, WebXT Quality Framework & WebXT Engineering Systems
• Shashidhar Jade – Principal Software Engineering Manager, Bing

Over 100 Latinx career candidates were able to get insight on the WebXT team as they emphasized being courageous and willing to try new things. The various projects that the team is responsible are always challenging, but there is flexibility to move around and collaborative opportunities to work with others to gain strength.

Here is how you can connect with the WebXT team and potentially land an interview:
• Upload your resume to our website: https://hbcuconnect.com/webxt
• The WebXT team is actively reviewing resumes now!
• Connect with the speakers above on LinkedIn.

Keep your eyes glued to HBCUConnect.com for other hiring opportunities with Microsoft and more!


Posted By: Temeka Wilson
Thursday, November 18th 2021 at 9:33AM
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