Attivio Careers

Research & Development

Principal GUI Engineer

We are looking for a Principal GUI Engineer with 6+ years of experience developing cutting-edge GUIs.  We're looking for someone that can bring a strong UI vision and develop high-quality software at a fast pace.
You should enjoy working with small, tight-knit teams of highly skilled developers.  You should be a passionate engineer with a broad range of programming skills, however you should have recent experience with some of the latest best of breed UI technologies, such as: GWT, JQuery, Prototype, MVC-style frameworks (Spring MVC), AJAX, RIA (Flash/Flex) , Rapid Web Development frameworks (Ruby/Rails, Python/Django, Groovy/Grails) and/or Web Services (REST, SOAP).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and lead our new end user, developer and administrator GUI initiatives
• Provide recommendations on feature set and technical infrastructure for projects and new system modules
• User experience design, including wireframes, storyboards, and use cases development
• Find opportunities to take advantage of existing platforms & communities to improve our products

Requirements

• BS in Computer Science or relevant experience
• A portfolio of relevant work
• 6+ years experience developing cutting edge GUIs
• Thrive in a fast-paced startup environment
• Be motivated to work independently and over-deliver
• Communicate early and often with team members and management
• Experience with Business Intelligence or Search UI development a plus.
• Familiarity with the following technologies is highly desired:                                                                                                         
  • HTML (standards compliant), CSS, Javascript
  • AJAX Libraries – Prototype, jQuery, DWR
  • Grails, Velocity, MVC.NET, GWT, Sprint MVC
  • Adobe Flash, Flex, AIR and Actionscript
  • Java 6
  • GUI Testing Tools: Selenium, HTTPUnit, HTMLUnit, GUnit, FlexMonkey

Recommender/Collaborative Filtering Engineer

We are seeking a highly energetic and self-motivated Engineer to work on various challenging projects in our fast-paced organization. Candidates for consideration should enjoy working in a dynamic team environment, have a desire to work on cutting-edge technologies, have related technical education, and have an enthusiasm to learn.

Responsibilities

• Working on cutting-edge information retrieval and analysis software, especially in the areas of recommender systems and collaborative filtering systems, and more generally in social network analysis.
• Assist in resolving technical issues.
• Resolving complex customer challenges, if necessary.

Requirements

• Previous experience as a technical project manager or program leader
• 10+ years leading complex software integration projects
• Requires understanding recent research, quick prototyping to investigate new ideas, and completing products incorporating those advances.
• Experience with reasoning systems or recommender systems, collaborative filtering systems, and/or social network analysis.
• Knowledge of information retrieval and natural language processing, both in research and in development.
• 5+ years programming experience
• Strong Java development experience
• MS in CS preferred or related field experience

Senior Technical Writer

Become a key member of a rapidly growing enterprise search software company.  As a Senior Technical Writer you will be exposed to the latest Java-based technologies and cutting edge software architecture.  Your primary responsibility will be to assist our customers and partners in learning and using our technology through documentation.  You will be working with modern tools such as Wikis and video to produce accessible, high-quality product documentation.

Responsibilities

• Author end-user documentation, technical manuals, white papers, solution recipes and interactive documentation to support end clients and technology partners
• Manages, updates and coordinates our online client, partner and developer website, the Attivio Developer Network
• Work closely with research and development team members to understand product architecture, use and deployment
• Ensure quality and accuracy of documentation
• Interact with OEM customer technical writing and services organizations on collaborative documentation efforts
• Drive future direction of documentation efforts, such as video or online systems for sharing of techniques and code segments between customers and partners

Requirements

• Applicants should have 5+ years writing documentation for enterprise software products, and a portfolio they can share with us.
• Experience documenting Java-based products is strongly desired
• Ideal candidates will have ideas about alternatives to traditional documentation approaches ... and the desire to pursue them.
• Ability to work efficiently in a fast paced, deadline driven environment and ensure quality work.
• A BS in Computer Science or equivalent work experience is required, along with a desire to work in a startup venture.
• Hands-on software development experience is a plus

Sales & Marketing

Regional Sales Director (New York/New Jersey)

The Regional Sales Director  role is a quota carrying enterprise software field sales position responsible for meeting and exceeding quota by generating and closing new opportunities. The perfect candidate is a highly experienced person selling to Fortune 1000 companies.  The ideal candidate is also a motivated seasoned sales professional with experience across the entire spectrum of the enterprise software sales cycle (prospecting, value proposition definition / qualification, demonstrations, pilot process management, business case development, negotiation, closing).

Responsibilities

• Work as part of a regional team and/or independently to pursue new account opportunities for sales of software, consulting and training engagements within assigned territory  or verticals.
• Manage opportunities through the sales cycle from initial inquiry to forecasted pipeline to deal design and close.
• Identify and close additional or incremental opportunities with existing customers in territory.
• Provide continuous updates on all active accounts within the company CRM system and report on sales activities, status and progress on a regular basis.
• Maintain a high level of customer satisfaction and reference-ability.
• Travel and a significant level of activity is required to achieve quota for territory.

Requirements

• MUST be a seasoned enterprise software sales executive with 10-15 years direct Enterprise account selling infrastructure software (not applications) to Fortune 1000 companies.
  not applications) to Financial and/or Pharmaceutical industries
• Must have a track record of earning at least $250k OTE over the past 3-5 years (W-2's required)
• Successful candidate must have a track record of managing 3-10 large accounts with an annual quota of +2 Million range.
• Experience in email archiving, rdbms, BI tools & search is highly desirable
• MUST have 3-5 end user references
• Strong technical base with exposure to search, business intelligence, corporate performance management, data warehousing, and / or data integration (ETL) markets
• Excellent negotiation, analytical, financial and organizational capabilities
• Exemplary communication, including written, telephone and presentation
• Aggressive with optimistic attitude and high energy level
• BS or BA degree
• New York/New Jersey based candidate strongly preferred

Sales Engineer - Solutions Architect - Information Access

The Solution Architects are the primary source of technical expertise  for both the Attivio Sales team (OEM, Direct, and Channel) and  prospective and current customers. The role requires deep technical  knowledge and hands-on capabilities, problem solving skills,  presentation ability, business understanding, and a passion to  constantly learn and adapt new technologies and methodologies. The  successful candidate will join the solution architects team in a fast  paced environment with great growth opportunities.

Responsibilities

• You will be a critical part of our sales team, functioning as a  technical expert
• Work with other solution architects to deliver successful Proofs of  Concept (POCs) on time
• Propose and design technical solutions tailored to clients needs,  base on Attivio’s Active Intelligence Engine (AIE) platform
• Create and edit scopes of work for prototypes and POCs
• Provide technical support and training to clients and partners
• Provide technical and domain expertise throughout the sales process
• Achieve and surpass sales objectives, and work with others to ensure  successful implementation of software solutions
• Relay client feedback and requirements to Product Management in the  form of business requirement and use case documents
• Coordinate smooth transition of newly signed customers with  Attivio’s Customer Delivery and Support teams

Requirements

• Minimum of 2 years in a similar pre-sales, professional services, or  software engineering role
• Excellent knowledge of Java
• Ideal candidates will have strong GUI, general application  integration and/or Java programming skills.
• Ability to work in a team and one-on-one with Attivio sales  personnel
• Solid written, verbal communication, planning, and organizational  skills
• Exceptionally strong technical trouble-shooting and problem-solving  skills
• Strong presentation skills
• Solid written, verbal communication, planning, and organizational  skills
• Ability to work efficiently in a fast paced, result-driven  environment
• A BS/BA in Computer Science is required
• Willingness to travel up to 50%
• Knowledge or background in Enterprise Search and Data Integration  technologies
• Comfort operating in Windows and Linux environments
• Experience developing in .Net / VB
• Knowledge of another 3GL (Python, Perl, Ruby, etc.)
• Experience developing RIA (Flex, GWT, .NET, etc.)
• Experience with databases, SQL, Business Intelligence and Data  Warehouse solutions
• Experience integrating applications

Professional Services

Professional Services Engineer

Attivio is seeking a highly energetic and self-motivated Professional Services Engineer to work on various challenging projects in our fast-paced organization. Candidates for consideration should enjoy working in a dynamic team environment, have a desire to work on cutting-edge technologies, have related technical education, and have an enthusiasm to learn.

Responsibilities

• Dynamic learning environment with exposure to cutting edge technologies, complex customer challenges, and various technology oriented projects.
• Working on cutting-edge information retrieval and analysis software.
• Working onsite at customer location up to 75% of the time
• Assist in resolving complex technical issues.
• Provide outstanding customer service.

Requirements

• MUST have excellent customer service skills
• MUST have expert knowledge of Java programming
• MUST be able to debug very complex problems
• MUST have 5+ years working experience in either an engineering firm or in engineering consulting services
• MUST be able to commute to sites within the greater Boston Metropolitan area.
• MUST have at least a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.

• Previous experience working with search engines is ideal.
• Prior experience working for a professional services organization is highly desirable but not necessary
• Prior experience working with FAST, Endeca, Alta Vista, Solr, Lucene or similar product is highly desirable
• Prior experience in database, distributed systems, ETL and/or search technology

Technical Support Engineer

Attivio is looking to hire a Senior Technical Support Engineer. This  is a very advanced position that involves hands on work in a dynamic  professional environment with our cutting edge Attivio technology, code,  customers, and a veteran team of extremely experienced Attivio  engineers. This position entails extensive exposure to enterprise  application environments, application servers, and other 3rd party  technologies. Applicants who have a strong computer science background  and a drive to work with code and customers are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with Attivio products, Attivio code, and Attivio  customers in order to resolve live customer issues and enhance Attivio  technology.
• Troubleshoot and find resolutions to complex technical problems  reported by Attivio customers.
• Fix software bugs and deliver fixes or patches to customers.
• Incorporate findings into Attivio Best Practices methodology and  document key technical solutions in company knowledge base.
• Be ready to provide direct onsite technical assistance to Attivio  customers, in a consulting or advisory role.

Requirements

• MUST love problem solving in timely fashion
• MUST have excellent knowledge of Java. - Proficiency in writing,  reading and analyzing code.
• Minimum of 1-2 years in technical support, with a demonstrated track  record of technical competence and customer satisfaction.
• Ideal candidates will have systems architecture knowledge (CPUs,  Disk drive, configurations)
• Ideal candidate will have knowledge of network protocols and  relational databases.
• Effective interpersonal skills coupled with the ability to work  across organizational boundaries
• Solid written, verbal communication, planning, and organizational  skills
• Advanced knowledge/skill in Windows, Power point, Excel, Word, etc
• Commitment to follow through and complete assigned tasks
• Exceptionally strong technical trouble-shooting and problem-solving  skills
• Ability to work efficiently in a fast paced, deadline driven  environment.
• Foreign language skills preferred but not required