Development Tools Software Lead Engineer/Manager

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Livescribe – Exciting Ground Breaking Technology!

Livescribe will fundamentally change the way people capture, use and share information with pen and paper, making the possibilities of pen and paper endless. With Livescribe, people will no longer have to settle – they can have the best of both the paper and digital worlds. The company is designing innovative solutions that enhance personal productivity, learning, communication & creative expression. Livescribe is the forerunner in this new era of mobile computing.

Livescribe is funded by VantagePoint Venture Partners and has an executive management team with deep experience from successful technology companies such as LeapFrog, Palm, Apple and IBM. Livescribe incorporated in January 2007 and was founded by Jim Marggraff, the inventor of paper-based computing including the LeapPad & FLY Pentop.

We are looking for a Tools Developer Software Engineer who can successfully drive the design and implementation of development tools for our platform. Enabling application development by 3rd party developers and by our user community is a critical component of our business model; consequently, our work will play a pivotal role in the success of the company. Your creativity, technical expertise, and excellent communication skills will be key factors in enabling you to be successful in developing extensible java base integrated development environments.

Responsibilities:

Help define our overall tools strategy.
Play a lead role in defining and implementing our Java development tools
Play a lead role in defining and implementing our Rapid Application Development tools.
Work closely with our application development group and runtime services engineers to ensure that the development tools meet the needs of the applications and leverage the capabilities of the platform.
Work closely with SQA to ensure the development of effective test plans and test cases.

Qualifications:

Seven or more years of experience with cross platform JAVA with C++ preferred.
BA/BS or higher in Software Engineering or related field, or equivalent work experience.
Excellent engineering design skills
Proven commercial software development experience.
Cross-platform development experience.
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

Nice to have, but not required:

Experience developing application frameworks
Experience developing Eclipse plug-ins
Experience with different graphic file formats and multiple audio formats
2D drawing experience


This can either be a contract or a permanent position.

Compensation packages include competitive salaries and generous stock incentives. We are headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.

We are close to Bart, free shuttle from Bart, gym onsite, cafe onsite and 7 miles from the San Mateo bridge!


Please send your resume to lsullivan@livescribe.com