Careers at Sourcebits

iOS Tech Lead and Architect

iPhone and iPad Developer

OpenGL Developer

Ruby on Rails Developer

HTML5 Developer

JavaScript Developer

Database Engineer

Web Tester

Android Developer

Android Senior Engineer or Team Leader

Android Project Leader

UI Designer

Game Artist (2D & 3D)

Art Director

UX Director/Art Director

Creative Director

Interaction Designer

Sr. Interaction Designer

BlackBerry Development Engineer

BlackBerry Senior Engineer or Team Leader

BlackBerry Project Leader

Sr. Sales Manager

Sr. Project Manager (Technical)

Sourcebits is looking for a full-time lead engineer with managerial capabilities on projects of iOS enterprise applications.

Job Title: iOS Tech Lead and Architect, Sourcebits Enterprise Mobility Team

Desired Skills & Experience

• This is a hands-on role where you'll be coding alongside the team. We're looking for a leader who can win the technical respect of the team with their own accomplishments, work in an agile, fast-changing environment, and lead us to building great products.
• The ideal profile is someone who has extensive experience working on iOS and/or MacOS X applications, at all levels from product design down to scalable infrastructure.
• You are either in a lead role now or believe you have the chops to take one on. Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to get buy-in across a group of people are essential.
• You have excellent communication skills and are not afraid to jump in and get your hands dirty building products.
• Previous industry experience is important.
• You hould be able to lead the cross geographic and cross functional team and be the main point of contact for the project deliveries.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage iOS team
• End-to-end iOS application development
• Collaborate to define the product; interface with many stakeholders in the company to drive product decisions and schedules
• Lead technical architecture, coding standards, and other team policies
• Assist with interviewing and attracting new talent to Organization
• Manage individual team members, both junior and senior, encouraging their professional growth and maximizing their potential contributions
• Accountable for the team's performance, work satisfaction and growth
• As an iOS Tech Lead and Architect at Sourcebits, you'll guide our talented mobile team on-site along with an offshore office, helping to define the products, make key technical decisions and organize and inspire the team to work effectively together.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8+ years of experience doing software development at leading companies
• 2+ years in top-notch current software development skills including Objective-C, C and/or C++
• Deep familiarity with Cocoa, Cocoa Touch and other SDKs for mobile app development.
• Master of Apple's development tools and development environments
• Strong product sense and the ability to own large areas of product design and usability
• Avid follower of the technology industry and current technology trends
• Degree in Computer Science
• Proven leadership skills, including the ability to motivate and lead other talented developers and designers.

About Sourcebits enterprise mobile team

Sourcebits is headquartered in SF Bay Area with focus on web and mobile application solutions and developing its mobile solutions/frameworks. Sourcebits has development locations in San Francisco; Bangalore, India; Detroit, MI and Warsaw, Poland. We are amongst the industry front runners developing applications for enterprise ecosystems on platforms, including iPhone, iPad, Blackberry, Android and now Windows.

These services span the entire mobile application development cycle from initial design and architecture, development and integration into existing systems like SAP, Orange, Nielsen and more using frameworks and solutions.

Sourcebits is looking to hire iPad and iPhone developers for our upcoming projects.  You’ll be working closely with our team of skilled UI designers to create spectacular apps for the App Store.  Ideal candidates will not only have a comprehensive understanding of the programming languages, APIs, frameworks, etc. that underpin every iOS app, but also an outright obsession with the interactive experience on iPhone and iPad.

What you need:

• Strong object-oriented programming skills.
• Expertise in Xcode and Interface Builder.
• In-depth knowledge of Objective C 2.0, Cocoa Framework, Apple Script, Core Graphics, Core Audio, Core Animation.
• Expertise in the iPhone SDK, Cocoa Touch Framework, Open GL ES 2.0, Open AL, Core Graphics, Core Animation, and the Game Kit and Store Kit frameworks.

What we’d also love for you to have:

• Proficiencies in CFNetwork programming and QuickTime Framework.
• Knowledge of XML-RPC, WebKit, and Quartz.
• Experience with Instruments such as Leaks, Object Allocation, and CPU Sampler.

Sourcebits is looking for a games maniac with massive skills in OpenGL / OpenGL ES to join our gaming division.  Candidates should have strong knowledge and experience with Open GL / GL ES and Cocoa Open GL. Clear understanding of GLUT Utility Toolkit, GLSL, knowledge of game engines and scene graph are a strong advantage. Knowledge of the Unity 3D Engine and Torque 2D / 3D engine will also be a plus.

What you’ll need:

• A strong passion for games.
• Strong Objective C, C++ skills.
• Firm understanding of 2D, 3D graphics concepts (of course!).
• Superior OpenGL skills (of course!).
• Good communication skills (written and oral).
• Ability to work independently, cleverly, and meet deadlines.

Sourcebits is looking to hire experienced Ruby on Rails (ROR) developers.  If you have a knack for clean, efficient code, a superior sense of detail and a dedication to bringing desktop grade functionality to Web apps, this is the job for you.  Once onboard, you’ll work side by side with our established crew of ROR geniuses building exceptional Web apps.

What you’ll need:

• Expert knowledge of Ruby on Rails.
• At least 3 years of Web development experience.
• Proficiencies in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Bonus points for:

• A demonstrable love of learning and excitement for new Web technologies.
• A logical nature.
• Obsessive, impressive code.

Sourcebits develops websites and Web-based applications at the bleeding edge of industry standards.  We’re looking for someone who could stand up and talk about HTML5 for a solid 2 hours – unrehearsed.

What you bring to the team:

• A comprehensive understanding of current and next-gen Web technologies, with an emphasis on HTML5, CSS 3 and jQuery.
• At least 3 years’ experience in pro Web design/development.
• Expertise in quick, clean and bug free coding.
• Ability to code 1:1 matching Web page to PSD, rendering correctly in all major browsers on major platforms.
• Proficiencies in JavaScript, Adobe Tools, Eclipse IDE, SVN, PHP, MySQL and Apache server.
• Stylish coding of CMS themes, e-mail templates.

Bonus points for these too:

• Experience working to deadline.
• Practical knowledge of SEO in Web design and development.
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written).
• Creativity, organization skills, grace under pressure.

Sourcebits is recruiting a talented JavaScript developer to build inspiring Websites and Web app interfaces.  Are you Spock-grade logical, self-motivated, and boast-worthy good at JavaScript?  If so, this is the place for you.

What you’ll need:

• Expert level knowledge of JavaScript.
• Min. 2 years JavaScript coding experience.
• Understanding of various development methodologies.
• Impressive code.
• Object-oriented JavaScript experience.
• Awareness of browser quirks / idiosyncrasies.
• Experience with popular JavaScript libraries.

Bonus points for:

• Strong knowledge of PHP and MySQL.
• Expert HTML and CSS skills.

Sourcebits is hiring experienced MySQL database engineers.  We’re looking for focused, energetic people with comprehensive understanding of MySQL concepts, methods, and practices to design and manage a wide range of database schema for our in-house and client Web projects.

What you’ll need:

• Min. 6 yrs experience with MySQL engineering.
• In-depth knowledge of MySQL 5, query optimization, performance tuning, replication, and monitoring services.
• Ability to handle large traffic databases.

Extra points for:

• A logical nature.
• Solid oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work well in a team.
• Experience working to deadlines.

Sourcebits is recruiting a Web Tester to run our Web apps through various, rigorous testing scenarios and dig out all the little bugs.  You’ll work closely with our Web development teams, so along with strong technical competencies, effective communication and interpersonal relationship skills are essential.  Some of the types of testing you’ll perform include manual testing, black box testing, usability testing, smoke testing, and many others.

What you’ll need:

• 2 to 5 years of experience.
• Expertise in website testing, SDLC, STLC.
• Familiarity with cookies, sessions, and common testing concepts.
• Familiarity with the Redmine Bug Tracking Tool.

What you’ll do:

• Testing, testing, and more testing.
• Create testing-related documents.
• Writing and executing test cases.
• Bug reporting.

Sourcebits is a publisher and developer of some of the most critically acclaimed and downloaded apps for Android, including Skyfire and the cross-platform (with iOS) Knocking Live video. Now we're expanding capacity as demand for our Android development services has been skyrocketing with the platforms overwhelming success worldwide. We are looking to recruit talented Android developers - junior and senior.

What you’ll need:

Jr. Developer

• Min. 1 year experience in Android-specific application development.
• Min. 2 years of software programming experience with extensive use of Java I/O, Collections, Algorithms and well known application frameworks.
• Familiarity with industry standard design patterns for most commonly encountered situations.
• Exposure to at least one of these mobile platforms: J2ME, Windows Mobile 5.0 + (not WinCE), Symbian (S60 or S40), Embedded Linux or BlackBerry.
• A solid understanding of operating system fundamentals such as processes, inter-process communication, multi-threading primitives, race conditions and deadlocks.
• Good understanding of OO concepts.

Sr. Developer

• Min. 2 year experience in Android-specific application development.
• Min. 4 years of software programming experience with 2-3 years Java application development, with extensive use of Java I/O, Collections, Algorithms and well known application frameworks.
• Good understanding of OO concepts.
• Good understanding of Design Patterns.
• Proficient in requirement gathering and analysis.
• Exposure to at least one of these mobile platforms: J2ME, Windows Mobile 5.0 + (not WinCE), Symbian (S60 or S40), Embedded Linux or BlackBerry.
• At least two commercially published applications available for immediate download and review of your contributions by our development team.
• A solid understanding of operating system fundamentals such as processes, inter-process communication, multi-threading primitives, race conditions and deadlocks.
• Good understanding of OO concepts.

Sourcebits is looking for an Android Team Leader with high level technical skill, focus, and organizational capability.

Sourcebits has already published some of the most critically acclaimed and downloaded apps for Android, including Skyfire and the cross-platform (with iOS) Knocking Live video.  Now we’re expanding capacity as demand for our Android dev services has been skyrocketing with the platform’s overwhelming success worldwide.

What you’ll need:

• Min. 1 year experience in Android-specific application development.
• Min. 4 years of software programming experience.
• Min. 2-3 years Java application development, with extensive use of Java I/O, Collections, Algorithms and well known application frameworks.
• Familiarity with industry standard design patterns for most commonly encountered situations.
• Exposure to at least one of these mobile platforms: J2ME, Windows Mobile 5.0 + (not WinCE), Symbian (S60 or S40), Embedded Linux or BlackBerry.
• At least two commercially published applications available for immediate download and review of your contributions by our development team.
• A solid understanding of operating system fundamentals such as processes, inter-process communication, multi-threading primitives, race conditions and deadlocks.

Sourcebits is recruiting an Android Project Leader with high level programming proficiencies who can oversee apps creation with unsurpassed technical skill, vision, and leadership savvy.

We’ve already published some of the most critically acclaimed and downloaded apps for Android, including Skyfire and the cross-platform (with iOS) Knocking Live video.  Now as we expand our Android dev services we’re looking to bring on a key individual to take on project management duties.

What you’ll need:

• Experience publishing applications to Android Marketplace.
• Able to compartmentalize and delegate responsibilities to teams of at least 5 people.
• Experience with source code management techniques using SVN, Mercury or Git.
• Working knowledge of release management techniques.
• Min.1 year experience in Android application development.
• Min. 4 years of software programming experience.
• Min. 2-3 years Java application development, with extensive use of Java I/O, Collections, Algorithms and well known application frameworks.
• Familiarity with industry standard design patterns for most commonly encountered situations is a must.
• Exposure to at least one of these mobile platforms: J2ME, Windows Mobile 5.0 + (not WinCE), Symbian (S60 or S40), Embedded Linux or BlackBerry.
• At least two commercially published applications available for immediate download and review of your contributions by our development team.
• Working knowledge of Web application development using HTML, JavaScript, and CSS.
• Familiarity with strategies for development of mobile Web applications.
• Knowledge of XHTML-Mobile Profile.
• A solid understanding of operating system fundamentals such as processes, inter-process communication, multi-threading primitives, race conditions and deadlocks.

As a Sourcebits UI Designer, you will be responsible for crafting exquisite and elegant interface solutions for our in-house and client applications. Our designers focus on icon development and platform-specific icon optimization, Web UI development and application UI development. The UI Designer must possess a discriminating eye for detail and have a demonstrated ability to present information in an intuitive way. Sharp analytical and communication skills, as well as the ability to provide and accept critical feedback are essential.

Job description:

• Accept tasks and direction from team leaders.
• Develop efficient solutions to user interface design problems in iPhone, Android, Mac, and the Web.
• Create user interface designs that contribute to Sourcebits' established visual style for platforms such as iPhone, Android, Mac, and the Web.
• Ability to engage with multiple projects simultaneously.
• Provide and accept creative feedback from fellow team members.
• Work to a fixed timetable.
• Communicate frequently with clients, providing updates and guidance as needed.
• Stay up to date on current and best UI design practices and industry standards.  Be passionate and forward thinking about interface design, always well ahead of current design trends.

Required:

• 5+ years of experience in UI and visual design, preferably for iPhone and Mac.
• Portfolio that demonstrates the success of your unique approach to user interface design from basic conceptualization to layout, spacing, lighting, texture, perspective, scale... the works.
• Excellent communication and organization skills.
• Online presence throughout the day, available for active communication with the team.
• Ability to work from home.
• Desire to develop groundbreaking, gorgeous user interfaces.

Desirable:

• Bachelor or Master in Graphic Design or a related discipline.
• Availability for travel or relocation.

As a Sourcebits Games Artist, you meld a love of traditional arts and physical media with proficiencies in the most current pixel pushing technologies.  You long for the chance to create the next generation of game designs and characters, and you’ll mix in some fresh ideas already rattling around in your head.

A Sourcebits Games Artist is proficient in:

• 2D Pixel Art for 2D video games; e.g. sprites, icons, etc.
• 3D Studio Max, Photoshop and other drawing/animation software.
• The core elements of typography; e.g. fonts, shapes, colors, etc.
• Usability theory and fundamentals.
• Character rigging skills.

And we’d be stoked if you also have:

• A healthy knowledge of digital/computer animation and effects.
• An understanding of various styles of animation; e.g. organic, realistic and cartoon.
• Talents in academic drawing, sketching, illustration, other non-digital art and animation.
• A good knowledge of the technical hurdles related to real-time 3D engines and level editors.
• Effective communication skills.
• Successful experience working as part of a team.
• High self-motivation.
• A passion bordering on obsession for video games. (duh!)

• Have expert skills in UI design for mobile and web platforms, UX design, interaction design, visual design, usability analysis, requirement analysis.
• Be able to lead a team of designers in order to deliver beautiful, usable and innovative designs; leverage team members' skills to the fullest and continuously increase output quality.
• Have basic understanding of relevant programming languages (Objective C, HTML, CSS, JS, PHP etc.).
• Be able to work with developers and enable other designers to work with developers.
• Have understanding of running a Profit & Loss center and be able to maintain and increase team productivity and competitiveness.
• Generate new business by working with sales team, finding new prospects and retaining existing clients.
• Predict and hunt for new technologies, and use team's resources to build talent in these new areas.
• Help other team members solve design or web problems.
• Invest in new talent and retain current resources.
• Perform salary/performance appraisals and maintain constant overlook into all resources' performance and improvement progress.
• Create, delegate and review design estimates.
• Conduct interviews with new candidates.
• Provide design QA.

• Maintain the culture of proactive communication, high quality and respect for user-centric design.
• Maintain Sourcebits design style and direction.
• Create, maintain and facilitate processes and guidelines.
• Maintain a high level of discipline and morale in other team members.

• Maintain great relationships with clients, other managers, CEO and sales team.
• Understand challenges behind web-based communication and be able to plan activities so the turn-around time is reduced to minimum.

Daily activities of the UX Director include:

• Meeting with clients, either on location or remotely, to oversee discovery.
• Documenting vision, or coordinating the documentation of vision, through deliverables such as:
  • Wireframes
  • Mental models
  • Site maps and flows
  • Personas and scenarios
  • Content inventories
  • Competitive analyses
  • Creative briefs
• Creating comps or coordinating the creation of comps
• Quality crits with key stakeholders
• Refinement of deliverable standards
• Contribution on pitches
• Researching new devices, design trends and standards
• Management and accountability of personal impact on financials
• Management and accountability of client satisfaction, including budget and timeline

About Sourcebits

Goals and tasks of the Creative Director include:

• Meeting with larger accounts to oversee discovery.
• Ownership of deliverable standards such as
  • Wireframes
  • Mental models
  • Site maps and flows
  • Personas and scenarios
  • Content inventories
  • Competitive analyses
  • Creative briefs
  • Prototypes
• Creating deliverables and being hands-on in general whenever duty calls. (And it will call often to start.)
• Quality crit of everything that leaves the studio
• Recruiting and hiring – in coordination with executive team
• Leadership on business development pitches
• Researching new devices, design trends and standards
• Motivation of design team, methodology ownership, culture steward
• Management and accountability of team financials and resource allocation
• Ultimate accountability of client satisfaction
• Ultimate accountability of team strength

About Sourcebits

Daily activities of the Interaction Designer include:

• Interpreting creative direction from UX Directors and CDs
• Quickly absorbing technique from peers and proactively broadening skillset
• Creating assets which may include
  • Wireframes
  • Mental models
  • Site maps and flows
  • Personas and scenarios
  • Content inventories
  • Competitive analyses
  • Creative briefs
  • Comps
• Quality crits with anyone that walks by
• Execution of standards
• Contribution on pitches when necessary
• Researching new devices, design trends and standards
• Monitoring of personal impact on financials
• Monitoring client satisfaction, budget and timeline

About Sourcebits

Daily activities of the Sr. Interaction Designer include:

• Interpreting creative direction from Directors
• Creating assets including
  • Wireframes
  • Mental models
  • Site maps and flows
  • Personas and scenarios
  • Content inventories
  • Competitive analyses
  • Creative briefs
  • Creating comps
• Quality crits with directors
• Execution of standards
• Contribution on pitches when necessary
• Researching new devices, design trends and standards
• Monitoring of personal impact on financials
• Monitoring client satisfaction, budget and timeline

About Sourcebits

Required:

• At least 2 years of programming experience exclusively in Java, making extensive use of Java I/O, Collections, Algorithms and well known application frameworks. Familiarity with industry standard design patterns for most commonly encountered situations is a must.
• Familiarity with BlackBerry application development using RIM API.
• Familiarity with any of the key mobile platforms excluding BlackBerry - J2ME, Windows Mobile 5.0 + (not WinCE), Symbian (S60 or S40), Embedded Linux.
• Understanding of at least 2 JSRs - 75, 120, 135, 184, or 185.
• At least one commercially published application. Favorable consideration will be given if the application is publicly available for download and testing by our team.
• A solid understanding of Operating System fundamentals such as processes, inter-process communication, multi-threading primitives, race conditions and deadlocks.

Desirable

• Familiarity with the Android development platform is a big plus.

Required:

• At least 4 years of programming experience.
• At least 2 years of programming experience exclusively in Java, making extensive use of Java I/O, Collections, Algorithms and well known application frameworks. Familiarity with industry standard design patterns for most commonly encountered situations is a must.
• Familiarity with BlackBerry application development using the RIM API.
• Familiarity with any of the key mobile platforms excluding BlackBerry - J2ME, Windows Mobile 5.0 + (not WinCE), Symbian (S60 or S40), Embedded Linux.
• At least two commercially published applications on BlackBerry App World, available for download and review of your contributions by our development team.
• Understanding of how to develop portable BlackBerry applications.
• A solid understanding of Operating System fundamentals such as processes, inter-process communication, multi-threading primitives, race conditions and deadlocks.
• Understanding of BlackBerry system events, IPC mechanisms, persistence. Bonus points if he/she has understanding of BlackBerry Synchronization Server.
• Understanding of BlackBerry ‘push’. Favorable consideration given to those with experience in ‘push’ application development using MDS.
• Understanding of the role of BlackBerry enterprise server, MDS.

Required:

• At least 4 years of programming experience.
• At least 2 years of programming experience exclusively in Java, making extensive use of Java I/O, Collections, Algorithms and well known application frameworks. Familiarity with industry standard design patterns for most commonly encountered situations is a must.
• Familiarity with BlackBerry application development using the RIM API.
• Familiarity with any of the key mobile platforms excluding BlackBerry - J2ME, Windows Mobile 5.0 + (not WinCE), Symbian (S60 or S40), Embedded Linux.
• At least two commercially published applications on BlackBerry App World, available for download and review of your contributions by our development team.
• Development experience with BlackBerry ‘push’.
• Understanding of how to develop portable BlackBerry applications.
• A solid understanding of Operating System fundamentals such as processes, inter-process communication, multi-threading primitives, race conditions and deadlocks.
• Minimum 1 year Android application development experience.
• Able to compartmentalize and delegate responsibilities to teams of at least 5 people.
• Experience with source code management techniques using SVN, Mercury or Git.
• Working knowledge of release management techniques.

Desirable:

• Understanding of WAP 1.x and 2.x standards and SMS push.
• Working knowledge of Web application development using HTML, JavaScript, and CSS, strategies for development of mobile web applications, knowledge of XHTML-Mobile Profile.

• Builds well targeted business plans and strategies for driving sales activities to achieve target
• Achievment of quarterly targets  and objectives.
• Develops and implements strategies for new products and services.
• Determines new opportunities by analyzing business needs.
• Pipeline management - Builds, monitors and orchestrates sales pipelines of near and long term opportunities
• Manages the size and quality of pipeline; analyzes overall win rates and win/loss ratioss
• Business acumen - Exhibits base level of business, financial and legal acumen to develop meaningful business recommendations
• Strategic sales planning & implementation - Orchestrates the development of strategic sales plans to advance market share/penetration
• Competitive Positioning/Strategy - Uses competitive intelligence in account planning and sales activities to develop counter strategies
• C-level partnering - Contributes to enduring executive relationships at the client's organization; establishes professional relationships and credibility with key IT and business executives in support of other established relationships with the client
• Create and respond to RFP's & Proposal creation and follow through
• Pro-actively hunt for target organizations and establish communications with potential businesses
• Develop multi-tier relationships to organically grow the clients’ accounts.
• Build referral and lead generation network.
• Develop and manage marketing tools and collaterals for existing as well as new clients.
• Implement business models so as to create new ventures.

• BE / B.Tech with a Post Graduation in Sales & Marketing from premier institutes like IIM's, IIT's, BITS Pilani, NIT's 
• 5-8 years of relevant sales experience in Enterprise divisions of reputed organizations
• Experience with IT services industries is mandatory
• Experience with closing & handling large accounts/deals is mandatory
• Exposure to APAC market is desirable
• Mobile and Web technology experience is desirable

• Be a leader with a direct sales focus.
• Have the ability to forecast and hit short-term sales targets while taking longer term strategic decisions. 
• Be hands-on, hard-working and self-motivated by a business in its “building phase” and able to thrive in a start-up environment.
• Be able to communicate effectively and methodically to build internal advocacy if required. 
• Demonstrated ability to find, manage, and close high level enterprise business in an evangelistic sales environment.
• Established reputation as a high integrity top performer.
• Excellent negotiation skills.
• Outstanding needs-analysis, positioning, business justification and closing skills
• Superior presentation and excellent oral and written communication skills
• High commercial acumen and a record of confidence dealing with middle managers through to decision makers.

Daily activities of the Sr. Project Manager include:

• Coordinating and assigning project teams
• Coordinating scrums, publishing notes and managing tasks
• Owning UX spec – this primarily means annotation on wireframes and client requirements.
• Owning scope, collecting client requirements and managing client expectations
• Coordination of scope creep, change orders and billing with management
• Driving and communicating project timeline, deadlines and urgency
• Selecting and coordinating all resources, including vendors and partners
• Holding all leads accountable to their financial footprint
• Looking for opportunities to create efficiencies in daily operations, and pitching leadership to incorporate change

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