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Are you ready to help build a really useful technology that has the power to change the way people communicate? SEVEN empowers people to build and maintain connections to those who are most important to them.

SEVEN's software provides secure, real-time access to consumer and business email across a wide variety of mobile devices. We're working with the top global mobile operators, platform vendors, email service providers and device manufacturers to make mobile email available on every mobile phone at an affordable price.

Help us make it happen! We are dedicated to building a world-class team to create the next wave of innovative mobile services. We'll support your efforts and provide career-advancing opportunities and challenges. Our high-energy work environment, innovative technology and strong investors will allow you to build your career and achieve great things at SEVEN.

As a company, we believe in the benefits of efficient interpersonal communication, continuous learning, life outside the office and an enjoyable working environment. If you've got what it takes, we will provide you with great learning opportunities in a challenging and enthusiastic work place.

Please send your resume to uscareers@seven.com. Principals only. SEVEN does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiting agencies. SEVEN is an equal opportunity employer.

Engineering

» Senior Technical Publications Writer
The Senior Technical Publications Writer is solely responsible for writing and maintaining all customer documentation. The position reports to the Senior Vice President of Engineering and Delivery.

Documentation Deliverables
Our technical documentation describes server, connector, and client products. We deliver guides (authored in FrameMaker, published in PDF) and HTML help (authored in Homesite).

Duties:

  • Work closely with peer managers to determine documentation requirements.
  • Plan, write, and deliver conceptual, task-oriented, and reference information.
  • Become an expert user of SEVEN’s connector and client products.
  • Be able to install and configure the server components.
  • Respond to requests for information from SEVEN field personnel and from customers.

Required Experience:

  • Proven track record of delivering high-quality, on-time documentation for complex software products.
  • At least 2 years experience as a manager in a software documentation group and at least 5 years experience as a writer.
  • Demonstrated ability to write for a variety of audiences from programmers and expert system administrators to end users.
  • Expert-level skill with FrameMaker and Homesite.
  • Experience with the following software:
    • version control
    • issue tracking
    • screen capture
    • Microsoft Word
    • graphics

Desired Experience:

  • Some programming experience.

Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Technical Communication, Computer Science, or related field or equivalent work experience.

» Senior Flash Developer
Seven Networks is looking for a SENIOR Flash developer to help with the next generation mobile applications. This person is a fresh creative thinker who is comfortable in both the design world and the developer arena..

Responsibilities:

  • Serve as a primary Flash Developer for various projects
  • Work with Creative agency to bring the product ideas to fruition.
  • Developer must have excellent communication skills and work well with other team members

Requirements:

  • Ability to look at a project holistically and develop architecture and code based on a solid development methodology
  • Understands Object-Oriented Concepts and Development Techniques
  • Solid Understanding of Flash Event Model
  • Experience with prototype based OOP development
  • AS 2.0 Experience
  • Proficiency in all areas of Flash development including: Advanced Actionscript, XML, Flash Video, Audio and native API Integration
  • Experience in using timeline-based development versus pure code-based development
  • Ability to optimize code and assets
  • Flexibility to work in different development approaches and methodologies
  • Have worked on multi-person Flash projects
  • Experiences with ground-up builds of Flash interfaces
  • Develop clean code and FLAs
  • Work according to developer guidelines
  • Minimum of 5 years of direct experience

Ideally:

  • Experience with Flash Lite 2.1 is a huge plus
  • Proficiency with graphics applications including Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop
  • Experience with Flash game development, including a technical degree in either math or computer science or equivalent is a huge plus.
  • Any mobile experience from a development and/or UI standpoint
  • Experience working with embedded developers

Nice to Have:

  • Experience in architecting RIAs and data-driven sites
  • Knowledge of other development frameworks and APIs for AS 2.0/3.0
  • Experience with Flash-Related Technologies

Product Management

» Sr. Product Manager
SEVEN has accomplished a lot. Latest examples include strong and rapidly growing base of highly loyal users, over 130 mobile operators as customers, a prestigious win of Best Global Messaging Service of 2008. From this very strong foundation, SEVEN continues to innovate for the benefit of the end user. As a critical member of the product development team, you will be responsible lead and manage these innovations towards successful execution, better features and new products.

You will interface with software engineers, sales, marketing, business development and other departments as well as SEVEN’s carrier customers and partners to drive exceed end users’ and operator customers’ expectations. You will effectively address the needs of the business by specifying creative product solutions that form winning solutions while providing best leverage of engineering resources, cost and time to market.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Define product vision, business case and key product features
  • Drive MRDs, PRDs, product definition and priorities through entire product cycle, including development and QA
  • Identify and help develop relationships with partners
  • Analyze market trends, and thoroughly understand key customer needs, competitive landscape and SEVEN’s current performance
  • Evangelize product to customers and partners
  • Travel required 10-15% of the time

Required Qualifications:

  • Proven success in taking new innovations from concept through strategy development, feature definition and launch
  • Recent experience in product lifecycle of winning product
  • Enthusiasm for perfecting experience for the mobile user
  • Experience in building business cases for in a global environment
  • 5-10 years experience in consumer software product management
  • Highly analytical. Ability to think strategically and to develop comprehensive detailed specifications.
  • Highly effective at working in cross-functional groups and getting results in matrix organizations.
  • Ability to set direction in highly dynamic environment working with very large Global Fortune 1000 organizations
  • Excellent oral, written, presentation, and organizational skills are must to articulate the business vision and detailed functional requirements to engineering, as well as design requirements and implementation options to business
  • "Can do" attitude, team player, fun, energetic personality, works well under pressure

Desired Qualifications:

  • Strong technical background, ideally a computer science or engineering degree complemented with strong marketing background, an MBA is preferred.
  • Experience with wireless technologies

Accounting

» Sr. Accounting Manager
Directly report to CFO, the position is responsible for direction, coordination, administration, and control of all accounting and financial reporting operations of the Company with the potential to be Corporate Controller in 6 months. Functional responsibilities include directing the accounting function, maintaining fiscal records, establishing and maintaining accounting internal controls and procedures, and preparing financial reports.

Tasks and Responsibilities:

  • Plan, coordinate and direct the tasks and resources of the accounting and financial reporting functions, including areas of general ledger, consolidation, etc.
  • Develop, establish, and manage new business processes with financial aspects including GAAP and SEC compliance.
  • Manage stock option plan by using Equityedge.
  • Develop, communicate and administer company policies and procedures as necessary to produce cohesive efforts towards accomplishing fiscal responsibility and proper reporting compliance.
  • Direct the preparation of all financial reports in accordance with GAAP.
  • Provide information, reports and presentations as requested by CFO.
  • Perform financial analysis and research of accounting-related topics.
  • Responsible for treasury and cash management: cash flow projections and reporting.
  • Interface with financial auditors.
  • Other responsibilities as may be assigned.

Qualifications:

  • BA/BS in business, accounting or related field. Big 4 experience and CPA preferred, but not required.
Seven Reasons to Work at SEVEN
Network Magazine Named our mobile software Product of the Year.
Frost & Sullivan named SEVEN the Entrepreneurial Company of the Year and awarded us with their Technology Innovation award.
The San Francisco Business Times and The San Jose Business Journal both named SEVEN to their 50 fastest growing private companies lists.
Our technology is available in 64 countries and through 115 of world's largest and most progressive mobile operators including NTT DoCoMo in Japan and AT&T in the U.S.
SIX and EIGHT aren't hiring. Plus, they aren't any fun.
Millions of people will be using mobile email powered by SEVEN – we are changing the way the world communicates.
We have the greatest employees: dedicated, brilliant, driven and fun. Our culture is steeped in engineering excellence, from the mobile innovation capital of Helsinki to the melting pot of Silicon Valley to the bleeding edge in Japan. Our team is learned in the history of the computer, mobile telecommunications and software industries with the drive to see our vision through: Mobile Messaging for Everyone.

 

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