Located in the heart of beautiful southern Marin County in Sausalito, CA, Equilibrium is a recognized leader in developing automated media processing and content monetization solutions.
We are a successful, growing software company based just north of San Francisco. Our award-winning desktop and server products are leaders in many categories, have been on the market for almost 15 years and are in use by hundreds of thousands of people at companies of all sizes. Our company has been recently recapitalized, is privately held, and represents a substantial upside opportunity for new employees to earn equity options. We are currently seeking qualified professionals to join our team at our Sausalito headquarters.
All employees are provided the following benefits:
- Comprehensive benefit plans
Equilibrium offers a comprehensive medical plan insurance policy.
- Disability insurance
Short and long-term disability insurance
- Vacation
One week vacation in your first year, two weeks in your second year and three weeks in your third year.
Current positions we are hiring are:
Sales
Engineering
To apply for one of these positions, please send your resume and salary requirements to hr@equilibrium.com. You may also contact at this address if you would like a more complete description of any of these positions.
Job Descriptions:
Account Manager Sales
Job Description
This is a commissioned sales position.
Responsibilities
- Close the Sale!
- Drive sales in current accounts & qualified opportunities.
- Manage efforts through the sales cycle to closing the sale & installing our products.
- Clearly communicate customers' functional needs, from their technical support staff to ours.
- Use Customer Relations Management system to plan & log contacts; keep records updated.
- Integrate sales efforts with promotions, advertising, & other Marketing actions.
- Report sales progress & results; identify new & upgrade sales opportunities, & items needing management attention.
- Clearly communicate to prospects the value of our products; communicate customers' requirements to our company staff.
- Attend product, CRM, & sales methodology training to optimize sales systems, sales reporting, & sales results.
Primary Qualifications
- Excellent thinking, speaking, & writing skills; experience dealing with both creative & production environments.
- Two+ years direct sales experience, preferably related to e-commerce.
- Practical experience with JavaScript, HTML, & website development.
- BS degree in business, communications, or computer science.
- Website production, print, pre-press, or graphics industry experience a plus.
- Large Commercial Account Management training a plus.
- Persistence & thick skin.
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Sales Engineer
Job Description
This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious, high-energy, reliable individual to begin or advance his/her sales career in the dynamic software industry. We are looking for candidates with strong technical knowledge, excellent interpersonal skills, and the ability to communicate clearly with customers, providing solutions to their needs. We will provide the necessary sales and software training. Candidates must be eager to learn, be multi-tasking, and self-motivated.
Responsibilities
- Call prospective customers; pass qualified leads to Account Manager.
- Provide product pricing & quotes; take orders by phone and email.
- Effectively communicate our products' capabilities to our customers, by phone / email / web conferencing.
- Answer customers' product questions; build strong customer relationships.
- Report, accurately diagnose, & help solve customers' problems using our products.
- Maintain customer relationship management (CRM) system with accurate support data.
- Other sales assignments, as directed.
Primary Qualifications
- Excellent interpersonal and customer relationship skills required.
- Must think, write, & speak clearly.
- Excellent analysis skills with both technical & non-technical problems.
- Ability to solve customers' problems correctly & creatively.
- Must be familiar with JavaScript, HTML, & website development.
- Experience with Windows 98/NT/2000/XP, Microsoft Office & SharePoint, and Mac OS X.
- Adobe/Macromedia Imaging & Video, DeBabelizer Pro & Server product experience a plus.
- BS / BA degree &/or MCP certificate a plus.
- Image & video post-production experience a plus.
- Training experience a plus.
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Sales Support Engineer
Job Description
This is an exciting opportunity for an energetic, reliable individual. The successful candidate will have strong technical knowledge, sharp analytical skills, and the ability to communicate clearly with customers, providing solutions to their needs. Candidates must be eager to learn, be multi-tasking, and self-motivated.
Responsibilities
- Support Account Manager on sales opportunities.
- Analyze customers' technical requirements for their website content creation workflows, & propose solutions using our products' functionality.
- Write System Engineering work proposals for assigned accounts if custom programming required.
- Develop prototype product applications for assigned customers.
- Assist prospects & customers with project planning, design reviews, systems testing, & deliverables.
- Analyze customers' needs, model their business processes, provide scalable solutions, fix post-sale problems, & tune system performance.
- Ensure that all sales & service quotes issued are complete & accurate.
Qualifications
- BS &/or MS degree in Computer Science.
- Two+ years of practical experience in an Internet-website development workplace.
- Must think, write, & speak clearly; excellent organization skills; keen attention to detail.
- Real-world programming experience with JavaScript & HTML required.
- Technical experience with computer graphics / imaging, multimedia design, & website management desired.
- Practical experience with media creation workflows & web deployment for large commercial sites.
- Experience working with Creative Services & Information Technology Departments.
- Multi-task efficiently in a fast-paced environment as an individual contributor & team member.
- Maintain accurate customer call logs; complete other reports & documentation promptly.
- Image & video post-production experience a plus.
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Lead Software Engineer
Job Description
The Lead Software Engineer is tasked with leading a small team of engineers in the design, development and ownership of a critical portion of our codebase and product functionality. This person will work with our project managers and architects to design and develop new products and features, as well as to help individual developers in the analysis, design, implementation, documenting, and testing of our products. We are looking for a strong technical lead who is seeking an exciting and challenging opportunity to develop enterprise applications using Agile Development methods and practices.
Responsibilities
- Analyze, design, implement and test new features using a mix of the following technologies:
- Java, J2EE, Spring, Hibernate, Lucene
- Web 2.0, Flash/Flex, AJAX
- C/C++
- Gather requirements and develop functional and implementation specifications and test plans.
- Direct, motivate and mentor engineering team members.
- Make contributions to all three application tiers; back end processing, middleware business logic and user interface.
- Re-engineer current systems to allow for flexibility, stability, and scalability while preserving existing functionality.
- Provide timely and accurate communication to management and team members.
- Seek out and share technical knowledge with other members across the organization.
- Choose and foster the use of the best development tools, and direct the use of best development practices.
- Participate in and drive improvements of the quality assurance process.
Primary Qualifications
- Expert level knowledge of Java, C# and/or C++.
- Strong object-oriented and enterprise software design skills.
- Strong requirements analysis, design, development, and testing skills.
- Strong communication skills, both written and oral.
- Ability to solve complex problems independently and gather expert advise as needed.
- Ability to focus on delivering results in a dynamic environment with aggressive deadlines and multiple priorities.
- Ability to mentor and motivate team members.
Secondary Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field.
- Experience with content management or digital asset management systems.
- Experience with test-driven development and other agile development methodologies.
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Senior Software Engineer - Video/Audio
Job Description
This is a unique opportunity to make a large contribution to the success of our products and our company. We are hoping to find a "Video Guru" who knows video and audio stream and file formats from top to bottom, and has written fast and efficient code in the past based on that knowledge. The ideal candidate will have written both low-level and high-level code for audio/video processing and delivery, and will also have worked to optimize video streams for a variety of desktop and handheld devices.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop software for video and audio media manipulation, compression, transport, and delivery.
- Analyze, design, code, debug, unit test, and provide internal documentation for new and existing video processing functionality.
- Research new technologies and opportunities in the areas of video/audio manipulation and delivery.
- Utilize formal design methodologies for software development, generating design specifications, interface definition documents and test plans.
- Write primarily in C/C++, but also in Java, and various web and scripting languages.
- Integrate with product, project and team management, development and QA engineers, and sales support staff.
Primary Qualifications
- Detailed knowledge of broadcast digital video and audio concepts.
- 5+ years experience in writing software to decode, manipulate, encode, and transport real-time media types.
- Working knowledge of audio/video compression formats (DV, MPEG2, H.264, Windows Media).
- Firm grasp of MPEG system layer, and audio/video synchronization.
- Experience with QuickTime, Windows Media, and/or FFMpeg or other open source video architectures.
- Experience in developing or modifying C/C++ based real-time code.
- Strong design, analytical and communication skills.
- Organized, thorough, and detail oriented.
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
Secondary Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree. EE, CS, CE, or equivalent
- Experience in supporting a video production environment (movie or tv studio, video-based internet site, etc.)
- Significant experience with optimizing FLV (Flash video) for specific applications and devices.
- Experience in real-time delivery of audio or video to handheld devices.
- Expertise in client/server and clustered architectures.
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Software Engineer
Job Description
The Software Engineer is tasked with making significant contributions as part of a small team of engineers in the design, development and ownership of a critical portion of our codebase and product functionality. This person will work with their team lead as well as product and project managers to design and develop new products and features, including the documenting of those features and the development of tests against them. We are looking for a strong coder who is seeking an exciting and challenging opportunity to develop enterprise applications using Agile Development methods and practices.
Responsibilities
- Implement and test new features using one or more of the following technologies:
- Java, J2EE, Spring, Hibernate, Lucene
- Web 2.0, Flash/Flex, AJAX
- C/C++
- Re-engineer current systems to allow for flexibility, stability, and scalability while preserving existing functionality.
- Provide timely and accurate communication to management and other team members.
- Work on multiple projects and manage time effectively.
- Participate in requirements reviews, design reviews, and code reviews to develop project requirements.
- Participate in and drive improvements of the quality assurance process.
- Consult with project lead on identification of problems and suggest solutions for the resolution of coding issues.
Primary Qualifications
- Strong coder in Java, C# and/or C++.
- Demonstrated requirements analysis, design and testing skills.
- Good communication skills, both written and oral.
- Ability to solve complex problems independently and gather expert advice as needed.
- Ability to work under the supervision of the team lead, to work independently, and as part of multiple teams on overlapping projects.
- Ability to focus on delivering results in a dynamic environment with aggressive deadlines and multiple priorities.
Secondary Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
- Experience with content management or digital asset management systems.
- Experience with test-driven development and other agile development methodologies.
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Quality Assurance Engineer
Job Description
The main job of the QA Engineer is to champion a product and be a loud and clear voice on all of the quality concerns which accompany it. Secondary but no less important is to lead your team of testers through the development lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute test plans and validation procedures
- Create automated test suites for functional and regression testing
- Debug software products through the use of systematic tests to develop, apply and maintain software quality standards
- Maintain documentation of test results to assist in debugging and enhancement of software
- Analyze test results to ensure existing functionality and recommend corrective action
- Consult with development engineers in resolution of problemsv
- Develop performance benchmark suites and generate benchmark data against a variety of platforms
Qualifications
- 5+ years experience in software QA or development.
- Fluency in one or more scripting languages (JavaScript, Python, Perl, etc.)
- Competency in one ore more strongly typed languages (Java, C#, C++)
- Experience with software test tools
- Excellent communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills
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