Skype Jobs

Programme Manager - Skype on TV

2008-10-06T17:04:39Z

The new created Programme Manager role will work on the Skype on TV/Influencer Program and will be tasked with programme management. This role is highly unique and significant in that it can establish an important business and marketing opportunity for Skype.

This role is 50 percent business management and 50 percent logistics deployment and IT troubleshooting.

On the business side, this role is one of the stakeholders responsible for managing the business relationships with agencies and partners (both broadcasters/influencers and IT outsourcing firms). There will be heavy involvement in the business program and strategy, which also include presales, contract coordination, tracking business and marketing deliverables, and communications. The role is highly agency and partner-facing and will require interaction on a global scale to educate people on the benefits of using Skype for broadcast and influencer programs.

Skype troubleshooting, installation and logistics is a major component for the Skype on TV program success. This role is about troubleshooting Skype issues and implement Skype in the most optimal way among broadcaster/influencer clients. On the strategy side, it is about creating the foundation and IT/troubleshooting support models to enable smooth and successful implementation. As this program continues to grow, this role will be responsible for 'training the trainers' in various markets, managing and arranging local agencies and localized IT contractors, empowering them to execute the programs.

Key responsibilities

Participate in selection process of TV/film opportunities, by evaluating risks from a tech standpoint (i.e. given filming environment, our available resources, etc, will we be able to provide good quality video/a positive image of Skype).

Troubleshoot Skype issues and implement Skype in the most optimal way among broadcaster/influencer clients.

As this program continues to grow, this role will be responsible for 'training the trainers' in various markets, managing and arranging local agencies and localized IT contractors, empowering them to execute the programs.

Project manage TV placement opportunities (after they are selected), evaluating and mitigating risks, both in preparation for - and during - the filming.

This role is highly client-facing and will require heavy collaboration on a global scale with agencies, broadcasters/event organizers.

Heavy involvement in the business program and strategy, which includes presales, contract coordination, tracking business and marketing deliverables, and communications.

Create the foundation and IT/troubleshooting support models to enable smooth and successful implementation of Skype within Broadcast and Influencer events in various regions, and advising on best practices for scaling this programme globally.

Skills:

Strong project management

Strategic planning and decision making capability

Ability to lead and assemble a team of resources

Ability to empower other agencies in regions to act on Skype's behalf

Ability to coordinate across teams and regions

Highly communicative and 'partner facing'

Strong IT background and capable of providing Skype troubleshooting

Energetic, passionate about using Skype

Must be able to travel internationally (33%)

Carrier Relations Manager

2008-10-06T16:58:28Z

The role of Carrier Relations manager will be responsible for looking after key suppliers and optimizing voice termination spend within our Telecoms team.

Responsibilities

Directly influence voice procurement strategy to ensure the business needs of the organisation are met and maximise the use of resources in the procurement process

Achieving budget cost reductions through negotiation of buying opportunities keeping in mind the high quality requirements

Identify new voice suppliers, negotiate rates and contractual terms and project manage new connections to successful completion.

Managing all aspects of the international voice relationship which includes partner management, billing escalations and quality

Required Knowledge, Skills and Experience

An understanding of the International Telecoms environment

Demonstrable experience of business planning and delivery.

Experience of budgetary control in a commercial environment.

Strong understanding of voice and other communications products and features as well as trends in the industry

Excellent understanding and appreciation of markets, potential developments and competitor activity.

Strong negotiation skills.

Strong organisational and communications skills.

Operational experience in telecommunications company desirable

Head of Creative Design

2008-10-06T16:05:54Z

The Brief

Skype is looking for a Head of Creative Design to lead the internal creative team (the team who designs Skype.com) and to be responsible for the design and branding across Skype.com and our associated sites.

Main purpose of the role

The Head of Creative Design's overall responsibilities are to manage and coach the design team, and deliver on high quality projects. There are currently 3 Designers and 2 Copywriters in total which will report into this role.
The Head of Creative Design will ultimately be responsible for the visual design of Skype.com and the many products and projects released there. You will work with the Design Director and relevant project managers as the main contact point for high level design-related issues, concepts and product and make sure projects are of consistently high quality.
The Head of Creative Design has a very important role in protecting and evolving the Skype brand as it is manifested on Skype.com and elsewhere. You will work together with the Design Director to set the tone, style and direction for the Skype brand.
The daily activities will be quite varied - anything from reviewing creative work to developing effective processes with the teams. The Head of Creative will need to be a good art director and copywriter - and should partner well with others responsible for these areas. He or she will need to be a flexible and fluid person - yet take on a good leadership position by understanding what is right for Skype.
Building trust, being an effective creative partner, and having the ability to see the big picture - while keeping eyes on every detail are key for this role.

Key accountabilities of the role

Maintain Skype quality standards in every project

Protect and evolve the Skype brand

Manage designers and writers to perform to their best potential

Manage and prioritize incoming requests

Be responsible for directing creative work done by agency partners

Pre-requisite Knowledge, skills and experience

Required business knowledge/experience:

Great online portfolio

Solid experience in similar position in a rapidly evolving company

Excellent conceptual and problem solving skills

Essential functional / technical skills:

Management potential and aspiration a must, experience desirable

Strong creative direction ability in order to provide clear direction to internal and external creative teams

Expert presentation skills that foster and develop existing and new relationships

A working knowledge of and interest in Skype

Experience with worldwide brands

Personal attributes / competencies:

Excellent communication to ensure strong cross-functional relationships

Excellent written and oral skills

Desire and will to always do great stuff

An eye and passion for detail

Great prioritization skills - a sharp sense of what's important and what's not

Qualifications:

Relevant degree a plus, but not essential

Special requirements (e.g amount of travel)

Occasional travel to Tallinn, Estonia required

Mac Developer

2008-10-06T14:15:41Z

Looking for a skilled software engineer (or a talented and recent graduate in the area of computer science) with a positive attitude toward working in an environment of frequently changing requirements. As an engineer in the Skype for Mac OS X desktop team, you will help design and develop new features for the Skype for Mac product. Ideal candidate should be very familiar with application design, user interface implementation and have a strong understanding of system level programming. Candidate should have demonstrated creative and critical thinking capabilities. Must be self-directed and able to work well in a team environment.

Desired Experience:

* Proven track record of delivering application software.
* Excellent skills in Objective-C and Cocoa
* Should have a strong knowledge of multithreaded programming, asynchronous and event driven application design.
* Should be well disciplined in the application development processes of requirements analysis, functional spec development, prototyping, implementation, testing, documentation and maintenance.

Location - Stockholm, Sweden, Europe

Linux Development Leader

2008-10-06T13:54:44Z

Looking for a skilled software developer with a positive attitude toward working in an environment of frequently changing requirements. As a development leader in the Skype Linux team, you will develop new features, lead the Skype for Linux development and communicate closely with the Linux community. Ideal candidate should be very familiar with application design and user interface implementation and must have experience in open-source Linux development projects. Must be a self-motivated and creative person with excellent communication skills.

Desired Experience:

* Proven track record of delivering application software and active contributorship to popular open-source project(s)
* Excellent skills in C++ and familiarity with the Qt toolkit
* Should have a strong knowledge of multithreaded programming, asynchronous and event driven application design
* Should be well disciplined in the application development processes of requirements analysis, functional spec development, prototyping, implementation, testing, documentation and maintenance
* Fluent in English

Location:
* Preferably in Europe, but we consider excellent candidates from anywhere in the world.

If you're interested or know someone that might be, email
jobs@skype.net (Ref: UI-UIDEV-LINUX-EE)

Mac Project Manager

2008-10-01T13:12:24Z

Our Mac team is looking for a smart person with technical background to coordinate various software projects. You will work closely together with Mac software developers and help us creating a world class application.

Responsibilities:

* Help to define the functionality of Skype for Mac
* Write specifications for new features
* Make sure that projects are completed on time
* Facilitate communication between a variety of internal teams
* Help software developers with miscellaneous other tasks

Prerequisites:

* Familiar with cutting edge software development
* Self-motivated and goal-oriented
* Effective project management skills
* Ability to complete multiple tasks concurrently and deliver results quickly
* Attention to detail
* Understanding of business processes
* Degree in engineering
* Fluent in English

Location - Tallinn or Stockholm

Engineering Infrastructure Developer

2008-09-25T06:50:40Z

Skype is looking for experienced developers who want to improve and maintain the tools used in developing our products. You will be working closely together with different teams located across all Skype offices.

Essential knowledge, skills and experience:

* Strong Java or C++ skills
* Experience practising contemporary software development methodologies

Big plus if you have:

* Experience in developing and successfully operating software development tools
* Experience with Linux and scripting (shell, Python)
* Familiarity with Postgres
* Participated in integration projects
* Contributed to open source software projects
* Experience in handling large volumes of IM communication

Requirements that apply to all:

* Appreciate the differences in development depending on the product or service being developed
* Excellent trouble-shooting skills
* Ability to prioritize multiple and diverse tasks expected
* Manage your own time and tasks efficiently so that you meet the deadlines
* Good technical, analytical and communication skills
* Very good command of English

Web QA Engineer

2008-09-25T06:23:11Z

Responsibilities:

* Testing Skype web applications from frontend to backend
* Define and execute functional, usability, regression, load, automation, security and performance tests on Skype internal and external web services
* Enable the testing of Skype web applications using automated scripts

Pre-requisite knowledge, skills and experience:

* You have deep understanding of QA and testing methodology and processes.
* You are familiar with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML, SSI
* You consider yourself as average level user of SQL and programming (keywords: PHP, Python, Java)
* You are familiar with Unix systems, Apache and Tomcat and also feel home using shell
* You know and understand the main protocols of Internet network
* You are meticulous about details and quality
* At least one year experience of programming and testing of web applications
* Perl, Python, Unit and test automation experience is a big plus
* Experience with a defect tracking system (e.g. Bugzilla) helps

Personality expectations:

* Good team player
* Ability to prioritize multiple and diverse tasks expected
* Good technical, analytical and communication skills
* Very good command of English
* A "can-do" attitude and a serious desire to have an impact on changing the way people communicate
* You don´t tolerate mistakes and errors, you are pedant in a positive way
* Manage your own time and tasks efficiently so that you meet the deadlines
* Excellent trouble-shooting skills

Location - Prague , Czech Republic, Europe

Project coordinator for devices engineering

2008-09-24T21:11:34Z

Devices engineering team is looking for project coordinator to help us out on running the new and innovative projects in the devices engineering. You will be working with some of the best engineers in the embedded area, helping to create innovative Skype solutions for consumer and mobile space.

Your main responsibilities will be day to day coordination of all the projects happening in the devices engineering. Helping to project the resourcing needs for ongoing and upcoming projects. Collaboration with the engineering management and product management on strategy planning and helping to execute those strategies.

Responsibilities:
* Coordination of resourcing all ongoing projects in the devices engineering
* Planning of the resources according to the roadmaps
* Supporting the engineering management on analysis and forecast on hiring needs
* Supporting the engineering management on cooperation on cross team communication and cooperation

Prerequisite skills:
* Strong background in software project management
* Competence in mobile and/or embedded area
* Experience in different operating systems and hardware platforms is a plus

Personal attributes:

* You want to take initiative on all you do
* You have good communication skills and you have your own opinion
* Multinational work environment doesn't scare you
* Learning something new every day is part of you
* Taking challenges and setting high goals for yourself is something that drives you further

Accounts Payable Intern - Estonian entity

2008-09-22T10:47:24Z

The Brief

This position fulfils a vital role for the department by ensuring the timely and accurate processing of all invoices and expenses for our Estonian entity. All company policies and procedures are to be strictly adhered to. A close working relationship with staff and Suppliers is a requirement of this position so good written and verbal communications are a must.

The ideal candidate will have experience as accounts payables team member.

Key Responsibilities
• Receiving, printing, filing and coding all incoming vendor invoices and expense reports
• Organizing approvals from the relevant employees
• Assisting other members of the team
• Keeping a well maintained filing system
Functional / Technical skills

• Finance background would be desirable. Knowledge of Estonian GAAP and SAP would also be desirable

Experience

• It would be good to have experience in accounting or Accounts Payable

Personal attributes / competencies

• Communicative
• Disciplined
• Dedicated
• Co-operative team worker
• Proactive
• High routine endurance
• Stress resistant and flexible
• Respect for deadlines

Qualifications

• Upper intermediate knowledge of English
• Advanced knowledge of Estonian
• Good knowledge of Excel

Duration

• 3 months, starting ASAP

Location - Tallinn , Estonia

Web QA Engineer

2008-09-21T18:18:50Z

Responsibilities:

Pre-requisite knowledge, skills and experience:

Location - Tallinn , Estonia, Europe

Junior Web QA Engineer

2008-09-21T16:11:34Z

Responsibilities:

* Testing Skype web applications
* Define and execute functional, usability and regression tests on Skype internal and external web services
* Write automated testing scripts for Skype internal and external web services

Pre-requisite knowledge, skills and experience:

* You have some understanding of QA and testing methodology and processes.
* You have experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript
* You know and understand the main protocols of Internet network
* You are meticulous about details and quality
* Experience of programming and testing of web applications helps

Personality expectations:

* Good team player
* Very good command of English
* A "can-do" attitude and a serious desire to have an impact on changing the way people communicate
* You don´t tolerate mistakes and errors, you are pedant in a positive way
* Manage your own time and tasks efficiently so that you meet the deadlines
* Excellent trouble-shooting skills

Location - Tallinn , Estonia, Europe

Database Developer

2008-09-18T08:15:34Z

Skype is looking for a experienced database developer. You're everyday tasks will involve writing stored procedures to implement business logic across our database cluster and writing python scripts for inter-database communication. Knowledge on basic performance tuning and internals of OLTP databases is a must. You should be a quick learner as we in Skype sometimes don't tend to stick on industry-standard solutions.

Responsibilities:

* writing stored procedures to implement business logic across our database cluster
* writing python scripts for inter-database communication
* discovering and isolating product flaws quickly and effectively, bugtracking

Pre-requisite knowledge, skills and experience:

* at least 2 years of experience working as database developer
* experience with linux and scripting (shell, python)
* previous PostgreSQL experience is not required but is a big plus
* Knowledge on basic performance tuning and internals of OLTP databases is a must
* Understanding of distributed, multi-user, client-server systems and databases role in there

Requirements:

* Ability to prioritize multiple and diverse tasks expected
* Good technical, analytical and communication skills
* Very good command of English
* A 'can-do' attitude and a serious desire to have an impact on changing the way people communicate
* You don't tolerate mistakes and errors, you're pedant in a positive way
* Manage your own time and tasks efficiently so that you meet the deadlines
* Knowledge of database development methodology and processes
* Experience with a defect tracking system (e.g. Bugzilla)
* Excellent trouble-shooting skills

Location - Prague, Czech Republic, Europe

Project Coordinator

2008-09-05T10:25:55Z

The Brief
The Product Prioritisation and Planning Team is driving the successful delivery of Skype's integrated Product Roadmap to ensure we prioritise and deliver innovative products for our users. The key responsibility for the team is to manage the company Product Roadmap planning process which involves product prioritisation, resource planning, change management and execution reviews.

The Product Roadmap planning work is increasing and we are therefore looking for an enthusiastic person with an eye for detail, project management experience and good Excel skills to join the team as a Project Coordinator to help with preparing and coordinating the ongoing tasks and reporting. This role is ideally suited for a junior Project Manager or someone with a Project Office reporting background with a minimum of 3 years experience.

Responsibilities and Targets

Supporting the Product Roadmap planning process by:

- Consulting people on agreed best practices
- Arranging the required meetings, making meeting notes and entering them into wiki based environment
- Preparing supportive materials and documentation
- Following up on agreed action items

Helping project teams in change management, that impacts Company Product Roadmap by:

- Consulting people on agreed best practices
- Helping project teams in preparing change requests for the Product Council and ensuring that all required information is present for change requests, that will need decision from the Product Council
- Communicating to the relevant parties about decisions taken in Product Council meetings

Keeping track of the projects on the Dashboard (web based tool for monitoring status of ongoing projects) and working with the project teams to make sure, that:

- Information about projects is up to date
- All the required information per project is present

Providing support in preparing for the Product Council and Executive review meetings

Pre-requisite Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Experience in management reporting (project office reporting)

Project management experience big pro

Proven track record of delivery results

Good Excel and PowerPoint skills

Excellent communication skills at all levels

Personal attributes / competencies

Enthusiastic

Dedicated to the job

Pro-active attitude

Eye for detail

Delivery of high quality work

Ability to work within a changing environment

Ability to work under pressure

Willingness to travel

Duration
Fixed contract of 6 months with extension possibilities.

Ref: Project Coordinator_ProdPriorPlan_LON

API Architect

2008-08-14T12:31:57Z

The Architecture Team is responsible for designing the Skype information system in both functional and technical terms but also deal with the nitty-gritty details where necessary. They are a team of professionals, each excelling in their respective fields. Architects work closely with developers, analysts and product developers on a day to day basis to ensure that what we have and what we build today is solid foundation for what is going to be built tomorrow.

The API Architect is responsible for the Skype Platform APIs, which includes:

- API design and documentation
- Monitoring of API-based contracts between systems and issue escalation
- API maintenance based on operational feedback
- API change management according to established API continuity guidelines

Requirements:
- 7+ years of software development experience
- previous experience with designing inter-organisation software interfaces
- understanding the fundamentals of SOAP, CORBA/RMI, XMLRPC
- experience with a wide range of development platforms and languages
- very good spoken and written English
- orderly manner
- good communication skills

Location - Tallinn, Estonia