Going by the evident indications from a new job posting listed by Microsoft, the software giant is apparently working on plans to enable the running of Windows apps, without modification, on Windows Phone and the other way round.

Speculations are rife that Microsoft is advancing in the direction of making its Windows Phone apps available on Windows, and its Windows 8/Windows RT apps on Windows Phone, especially after @Windows4Live and WMPowerUser. com revealed that Microsoft's new job post on its careers site shows that the company is seeking a software development engineer in test (SDET).

According to @Windows4Live and WMPowerUser.com, a Windows Phone team job posting on February 7 reads thus: "Are you excited about Windows Phone? Are you passionate about delivering the best possible experience to the developer community? Do you wish the code you write for Windows Store apps would just work on the Windows Phone and vice versa? If so, then this is the role for you!"

The job posting further states that Microsoft is looking for a highly motivated and technically strong SDET to effectively contribute to the Windows Phone team's efforts of bringing together the Windows Store and Phone development platforms.

The job posting also elaborated that the move to unify further the Windows and Windows Phone platforms chiefly involves Microsoft's plans to "bring much of the WinRT API (application programming interface) surface and the .N ET Windows Store profile to the Phone."