Quick: what's two to the eighth power? 256, of course, and if you knew the answer before you even had a chance to read it, we can say with some confidence that you could be a suitable candidate for one of the following two job positions. The Adobe eBook development team is looking for two motivated individuals to help improving the quality of their products. If you are interested, please contact Peter Sorotokin from the Adobe team through
this contact form.
Below are the official job descriptions.
Software QE Developer.
Position Summary:
The Adobe Digital Publishing group is seeking a Software Quality Engineer.
The candidate will join a QE team that is responsible for Adobe’s Reader Mobile SDK, Digital Editions and Content Server. As a member of this high quality team, your responsibilities will include designing, developing and deploying test tools and test code for the Reader Mobile SDK and Content Server.
The candidate will work closely with the development team to identify appropriate test strategies, communicate and work with other QE teams to leverage and coordinate test efforts (as appropriate) and establish test coverage approaches. You will help drive the delivery of successful, cutting edge technology by working on a team with other highly talented Development and Quality Engineers.
Knowledge & Skills:
- Minimum of five years software engineering experience.
- BS in Computer Science or relevant experience
- 3-5 Years of Automation/ Whitebox testing experience.
- Experience developing automated testing; white box testing framework.
- Self motivated and ability to communicate well with different functional groups.
- Strong software design and development skills
- Desire to be on a highly productive, fast-paced team.
- Knowledge of C/C++ and/or Java required.
- Excellent trouble-shooting skills.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify and pinpoint issues at a very granular level.
- Strong scripting abilities, preferably JavaScript, Perl, or PHP.
- Relevant work experience with at least two of Windows, Mac, or Linux is required
- Knowledge of XML is a plus.
- Professional on the job experience using Flash and Action Script is a plus.
Reader Mobile Support Engineer.
Position Summary:
The Adobe Digital Publishing group is seeking a Support Engineer for the Adobe Reader Mobile SDK.
The candidate will join a team that is responsible for Adobe’s Reader Mobile SDK, Digital Editions and Content Server. As a member of this high quality team, your responsibilities will focus on providing customer support for the large number of firms (e.g. Sony, Amazon and others) that have licensed the RMSDK. The support role comprises two major parts: answering questions, diagnosing problems and generally helping our customers successfully integrate the RMSDK into their devices. The second part is to handle the certification process for new devices developed by our customers. You will also be helping to develop scripts and sample applications that assist with the integration process for our customers. Finally, you will also be helping to improve the supporting documentation.
The candidate will work closely with both the core development team and the quality engineering team. You will help our customers develop and deploy the next generation eBook devices, working on a team with other highly talented Development and Quality Engineers.
Knowledge & Skills:
- Minimum of five years software engineering experience.
- BS in Computer Science or relevant experience
- Working knowledge of C/C++ is required.
- Self motivated and possessing ability to communicate well with different functional groups.
- Ability to learn quickly and switch contexts easily
- Desire to be on a highly productive, fast-paced team.
- Excellent trouble-shooting skills.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify and pinpoint issues quickly
- Knowledge of XML and/or PDF is a plus.