Skype is software that enables the world's conversations. Millions of individuals and businesses use Skype to make free video and voice calls, send instant messages and share files with other Skype users. Everyday, people everywhere also use Skype to make low-cost calls to landlines and mobiles. Download Skype to your computer or mobile phone at skype.com
Access to a broadband Internet connection is required. Skype is not a replacement for your traditional telephone service and cannot be used for emergency calling.
Skype, associated trademarks and logos and the "S" symbol are trademarks of Skype Limited.
The brief
Skype is looking for a Symbian developer. Your role will be developing the Skype application on the Symbian platform. In that you will be working within Skype's development organization, with both the architects and other developers, creating the solutions to fill Skype's mobile strategy on Symbian platform. Most important for us is that you are a good and competent C/C++ developer. It is obviously a great plus if your expertise areas are in mobile runtime platforms, services and networks and if you have understanding of the possibilities and limitations they offer.
Personality
Location - Tallinn, Estonia, or Stockholm, Sweden.
Brief
You will be part of the 24x7 monitoring team where we keep eyes on health of growing Skype systems during day and night shifts and weekends, approximately 14 shifts per month.
Responsibilities
* Watching network monitoring tools
* Responding to alarms, manage and escalate incidents
* Troubleshooting of network and system related problems
* Dispatching persons responsible for repair or maintenance
* Opening tickets to track and document resolution of problems
* Performing routine and preventative maintenance tasks
Pre-requisite knowledge, skills and experience
* Very good in English (speaking and writing) and good Estonian (speaking and writing)
* Good technical, analytical and communication skills
* Personality - trustful, straight forward, patient, punctual
* Basic skills and experience with Linux and IP networks
* Relevant work experience is a plus
Location - Tallinn, Estonia, Europe
]]>About Skype
Skype is software that enables the world's conversations. Millions of individuals and businesses use Skype to make free video and voice calls, send instant messages and share files with other Skype users. Everyday, people everywhere also use Skype to make low-cost calls to landlines and mobiles. Download Skype to your computer or mobile phone at skype.com
Access to a broadband Internet connection is required. Skype is not a replacement for your traditional telephone service and cannot be used for emergency calling.
Skype, associated trademarks and logos and the "S" symbol are trademarks of Skype Limited.
The Consumer Analyst is critical member of our Consumer team which is which is Skype's largest business unit. We are looking for an individual with well-rounded experience that is not afraid of engaging where needed. It is likely you will be involved in a wide variety of tasks
Key Responsibilities
• Monitor market and competitive trends
• Product profitability analysis
• Support business development deals
• Business planning, budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling
• Performance follow-up and reporting
• Support operations reviews.
• Customer behaviour analysis
• Key point of contact for the central financial planning team and the accounting team.
Pre-requisite Knowledge, Skills and Experience
• Solid analysis and presentation experience
• Experience of strategic work in a technology company
• Ability to rapidly change priorities and to work under pressure
• Commercial acumen
• Intelligent and articulate
• Detail-oriented and organised
Desirable functional / technical skills
• Expert knowledge in Excel (VBA a plus) and PowerPoint
• Comfortable and confident in public speaking
• SQL knowledge a distinct advantage
Values
• User Focused & Humble
• Disruptive & Fun
• Fast & Decisive
• Respectful & Honest
Behaviours
• Self starter with a positive outlook and motivated attitude
• Ability to identify opportunities
• An problem solving attitude for tackling a diverse range of challenges
• Creative thinker with new, innovative approaches to analysis, presentation and strategy
Apply to http://jobs.skype.com/
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The Brief
Are you the next Skyper to join our team? This is an exciting opportunity for an astute Executive Assistant (EA) to work alongside an existing EA to support the CEO of Skype and the Chief of Staff (CoS) to the CEO. Assertive, good humoured and fun to work with and a bucket load of professionalism, you will have an innate ability to develop relationships, flex in sync with the business and proactively manage multiple priorities in a highly dynamic environment.
Key Responsibilities
Diary & Email Management: No doubt you're astutely minded with a keen business sense? You will acquire an intimate understanding of Skype's priorities and how this impacts on your Executives' time. As a result you will assertively manage complex and changing schedules across different time zones ensuring that the CEO's and CoS' time is protected and managed effectively. Confidentiality and sensitivity are a corner stone of your values. This means you will manage emails diligently by responding and taking appropriate actions until resolution keeping the CEO and CoS completely informed. Your ability to share information and keep everyone in the loop is paramount.
Meeting & Travel Coordination: Skype is a global organisation. Consequently, you will coordinate key meetings, conference calls and international travel including facilitating visa and passport requirements. You will also be needed to accompany the execs when they travel as required. When the CEO and CoS convene meetings, your role is to ensure that;
the right people are present at the right time...
in the right room with the right equipment...
with the right presentation, materials and information...
capture meeting notes and actions.
Presentations, Administration and More: Enabling the world's conversations is what we do and sometimes to help us engage, we use visual aids to communicate... like presentations. A honed ability assist in processing and formulating succinct and interesting presentations is a therefore a 'must'. You will also perform other support activities as necessary including Life management.
Access to a broadband Internet connection is required. Skype is not a replacement for your traditional telephone service and cannot be used for emergency calling. Skype, associated trademarks and logos and the "S" symbol are trademarks of Skype Limited.
The Brief
Skype is looking for talented, passionate, team-oriented developers for our expanding Windows UI development team.
As a software developer, you will belong to our small and very knowledgeable Delphi programming team, responsible for implementing the user interface on Skype for Windows, one of the coolest products in the world today!
You will get to implement cutting-edge new features for future releases of "Skype for Windows", working in a challenging and dynamic environment, participating in multiple projects and culturally diverse cross functional teams.
If you want to make a difference, hundreds of millions of users all over the world will enjoy the results of your work!
Sense of humour required.
Location - Tallinn (Estonia), Tartu (Estonia), Prague or London
Key Responsibilities
Pre-requisite Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Desirable functional / technical skills
Values
Behaviours
Qualifications
Besides marketing, knowledge of web and software localization is required. Good command of language is naturally also a must.
We're offering a part time engagement on regular basis.
If you'd like to take this challenge apply here
]]>Working within the Mobile Engineering Unit you will be responsible for overall project coordination and programme management of various projects that needs to be delivered to the customer. You will own the project plan for development and delivery of Skype software. This role will require a good understanding of the goals for each project, the design issues, the various dependencies, high-level technical and business issues, deliverables and timelines. You will work with product management, business development and engineering teams to carry out the following responsibilities:
Key Responsibilities
Working within the Mobile Engineering Unit you will be responsible for overall project coordination and programme management of various projects that needs to be delivered to the customer. You will own the project plan for development and delivery of Skype software. This role will require a good understanding of the goals for each project, the design issues, the various dependencies, high-level technical and business issues, deliverables and timelines. You will work with product management, business development and engineering teams to carry out the following responsibilities:
Key Responsibilities
Pre-requisite Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Requirements:
* Fluent in English and German
* You want to become IT professional
* You are studying IT or studied IT or have previous work experience as IT specialist
* You have excellent communication and interpersonal skills
* You have excellent skills with Windows platform and a working knowledge of other OS platforms (Linux and Mac OS)
* You have willingness and desire to learn about the newest gadgets and software
* You like troubleshooting and don't stop until you've found the problem
* You enjoy working in a team environment
* You will work with customers to help them troubleshoot their individual problems
* You will contribute to our growing knowledgebase of technical answers
* Flexible work hours
We expect candidate to start ASAP.
Location - Tallinn ,Estonia, Europe
Responsibilities
* Work closely with software developers, quality engineering, technical writers, customer support and other departments to improve product quality.
* Organize formal tests to research user preferences.
* Evaluate Skype products and prototypes against similar audio/video ip software offerings on the market.
Pre-requisite interests, skills, knowledge, and experience
* An interest in inquisitive and comparative study and knowledge building of all major existing and future Audio/Video communication offerings on the market
* Excellent analytic skills from a tech-savvy yet user centered perspective
* Good Knowledge of IP real-time communications, associated protocols, and quality determining parameters.
* Good knowledge of desktop operating environments
* Experience with network emulation
* Experience with CPU utilization monitoring and manipulation
* Experience with Audio and Video test environments
Big plus if you have:
* Knowledge of DirectShow and DirectSound
* C/C++ and Python
* Experience using at least one shell environment or script language to automate your tasks
* BS degree in CS/EE or equivalent
Requirements that apply to all Quality Assurance positions:
* 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 QA and testing methodology and processes
* Perl, Python, Unix and test automation experience is a big plus
* Experience with a defect tracking system (e.g. Bugzilla)
Location - Stockholm,Sweden or Tallinn,Estonia, Europe
The Brief
We are looking for brilliant minds to join the Skype revolution. In particular, those who have the passion, drive and dedication required to continue delighting our users and giving them a great experience.
Skype Business Intelligence Team is responsible for providing management and financial information to internal customers. You will be working on multi-terabyte data warehouse environment to maintain, optimize and improve our technical solution. We are looking for an experienced database professional who would like to explore new horizon.
Responsibilities:
• Incorporate new data sources into DW
• Create and maintain DW data structures and loading scripts to ensure that they reflect changes of business process and reporting requirements (star schema, aggregates etc)
• Ensure that data is acquired in a consistent and effective way
• Working in a team in designing, developing and testing database stored procedures, aggregations and materialized views
• Conducting SQL performance tuning & optimization
• Creating technical documentation
Pre-requisite knowledge, skills and experience:
• BSc degree in computer science or related area
• Solid understanding of SQL and object oriented programming
• Capable to adapt thinking to VLDB world
• Solid knowledge of Python is an advantage
• Experience as ETL developer is an advantage
• Some experience of DB administration
• Fluent in English
• Fast learner personality
Values
• User Focused & Humble
• Disruptive & Fun
• Fast & Decisive
• Respectful & Honest
Location - Tallinn
Skype is software that enables the world's conversations. Millions of individuals and businesses use Skype to make free video and voice calls, send instant messages and share files with other Skype users. Everyday, people everywhere also use Skype to make low-cost calls to landlines and mobiles. Download Skype to your computer or mobile phone at skype.com
Access to a broadband Internet connection is required. Skype is not a replacement for your traditional telephone service and cannot be used for emergency calling.
Skype, associated trademarks and logos and the "S" symbol are trademarks of Skype Limited.
We are looking for brilliant minds to join the Skype revolution. In particular, those who have the passion, drive and dedication required to continue delighting our users and giving them a great experience.
The Brief
Responsible for Skype's fastest growing revenue stream.
Key responsibilities:
o Growing revenue, ARPU, gross profit whilst improving customer satisfaction metrics
o Defining and executing strategies to drive awareness, trial, adoption, usage and retention of Skype's Subscription products globally
o Leading the cross-functional, multi-disciplinary team responsible for managing the products in life as well as any new development needed
o Working with the product management team to ensure a seamless user experience
o Overseeing all related call quality/reliability metrics and ensuring the highest levels of satisfaction amongst customers
o In conjunction with the pricing manager, leading the pricing of Subscriptions to ensure we continue to deliver outstanding value to our customers the world over
o Working closely with the carrier relations team to ensure we have the most competitive costs and optimal geographic coverage
o Ensuring a high level of customer satisfaction with the Subscriptions product portfolio
o Competitive and industry benchmarking
Pre-requisite Knowledge, Skills and Experience
o Degree educated, MBA preferred
o Consumer Telecoms experience
o Experience of both product management and marketing
o Ability to translate business requirements into technical requirements
o General management skills
Personal attributes / competencies
o Strategic thinker
o Analytical and insightful
o Managing cross functional multi-disciplinary teams
o Prioritisation
o Project execution & delivery
Skype is software that enables the world's conversations. Millions of individuals and businesses use Skype to make free video and voice calls, send instant messages and share files with other Skype users. Everyday, people everywhere also use Skype to make low-cost calls to landlines and mobiles. Download Skype to your computer or mobile phone at skype.com
Access to a broadband Internet connection is required. Skype is not a replacement for your traditional telephone service and cannot be used for emergency calling.
Skype, associated trademarks and logos and the "S" symbol are trademarks of Skype Limited.
We are looking for brilliant minds to join the Skype revolution. In particular, those who have the passion, drive and dedication required to continue delighting our users and giving them a great experience.
The Brief
Responsible for Skype's portfolio of Inbound Communication products such as SkypeIn, Voicemail, but also including SMS.
Key responsibilities:
o Growing revenue, ARPU, gross profit whilst improving customer satisfaction metrics
o Defining and executing strategies to drive awareness, trial, adoption, usage and retention of Skype's Inbound products globally
o Develop new ways to communicate the value proposition of our Inbound products and possibly how to repackage them together into a more compelling proposition
o Leading the cross-functional, multi-disciplinary team responsible for managing the products in life as well as any new development needed
o Working with the product management team to ensure a seamless user experience
o Overseeing all related call quality/reliability metrics and ensuring the highest levels of satisfaction amongst customers
o In conjunction with the pricing manager, leading the pricing of Inbound products to ensure we continue to deliver outstanding value to our customers the world over
o Working closely with the carrier relations team to ensure we have the most competitive costs and optimal geographic coverage
o Ensuring a high level of customer satisfaction with the Inbound product portfolio
o Competitive and industry benchmarking
Pre-requisite Knowledge, Skills and Experience
o Degree educated, MBA preferred
o Consumer Telecoms experience
o Experience of both product management and marketing
o Ability to translate business requirements into technical requirements
o General management skills
Personal attributes / competencies
o Strategic thinker
o Analytical and insightful
o Managing cross functional multi-disciplinary teams
o Prioritisation
o Project execution & delivery
We are looking for brilliant minds to join the Skype revolution. In particular, those who have the passion, drive and dedication required to continue delighting our users and giving them a great experience.
The Brief
Working within the Mobile Engineering Unit you will be responsible for overall project coordination and programme management of various projects that needs to be delivered to the customer. You will own the project plan for development and delivery of Skype software. This role will require a good understanding of the goals for each project, the design issues, the various dependencies, high-level technical and business issues, deliverables and timelines. You will work with product management, business development and engineering teams to carry out the following responsibilities:
Key Responsibilities
Pre-requisite Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Personal attributes / competencies
Essential qualifications
We are looking for brilliant minds to join the Skype revolution. In particular, those who have the passion, drive and dedication required to continue delighting our users and giving them a great experience.
The Brief
As a senior member of the SkypeLegal team reporting to the General Counsel, your role which is vital to the company will involve managing and advising the company about significant, complex litigation matters, including patent litigation. You will supervise and direct outside counsel, manage legal budgets and provide counsel to clients at all levels of management on actual and potential litigation matters, including proposing strategic and creative approaches to resolving disputes. Your role will require a high degree of self-sufficiency, independent judgment and an ability to enjoy a quick-paced and busy environment, but you will operate as part of a supportive, fun, friendly and outgoing team of lawyers who work closely together to resolve disputes as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic and day to day management of Patent and IP Litigation Matters.
Handling potential patent litigation, acquisition, or licensing matters, including substantial patent analysis.
Working effectively with Skype employees on litigation and potential litigation issues.
Supervising outside counsel and managing effectively your budget.
Organising invalidity and non-infringement opinions of third party patents
Pre-requisite Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Significant patent analysis and litigation experience in a major law firm (in-house experience a significant plus).
Strong legal, business and technical judgment and strategic abilities.
Knowledge of Internet, software and/or telecommunications technology, whether from previous legal or technical experience
Good organizational skills and attention to detail, including the ability to prioritize and multi-task and keep everything going smoothly without dropping any balls.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Excellent organizational, analytical and negotiation skills.
Ability to work independently.
Geographical/Regional Experience: International experience or working for non-US company a nice to have but not essential.
Key Deliverables/ Outcomes 6 & 12 Months:
To learn Skype's business objectives and strategy.
To understand Skype's competitive and regulatory environment.
To learn and understand Skype's current litigation situation.
To properly integrate with the Skype Legal team and the Skype NA Business team.
Values & Behaviors
Collaborative team-player and a good sense of humour are essential
Work environment is fast-paced and requires flexibility and creativity in dealing with novel legal issues and complex transactions.
Passion for Skype.
Ability to "roll up sleeves".
Qualifications
JD and preferably a member of the California Bar.
Admitted to practice before the USPTO.
Preferably B.S., M.S. or Ph.D. in computer science or electrical engineering, but the successful applicant may also have an undergraduate degree in a technical field and experience in the Internet, software or telecommunications fields.
Apply here - jobs@skype,net
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